Shurayuki-hime

1973 [JAPANESE]

Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller

34
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 100% · 10 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 85% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.6/10 10 19436 19.4K

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Plot summary

A strikingly beautiful young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family.

Director

Toshiya Fujita Photo
Toshiya Fujita

Top cast

Sanae Nakahara Photo
Sanae Nakahara as Kitahama, Okono
Meiko Kaji Photo
Meiko Kaji as Yuki Kashima
Hôsei Komatsu Photo
Hôsei Komatsu as Genzô Shibayama
Hiroshi Hasegawa Photo
Hiroshi Hasegawa as Daihachi Kachime
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
1.08 GB
1280*534
Japanese 2.0
Not Rated
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 37 min
Seeds 9
1.76 GB
1920*800
Japanese 2.0
Not Rated
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 37 min
Seeds 76

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Henry D 7 / 10

A fun B-movie that reminded me of the

A fun B-movie that reminded me of the Lone Wolf and Cub series. The slashing violence and spurting blood are so stylized that they never felt offensive. The print looked very good.
Reviewed by Logan D 9 / 10

A girl is born to be the instrument

A girl is born to be the instrument of her mother's revenge against the latter's assailants. A classic of Jidaigeki cinema, you quickly realize this film was a major influence on Tarantino's Kill Bill. The titular character has no remorse for her victims, only regretting when their deaths are not by her sharp ass sword. Seriously! That sword is so keen it would be an artifact in DnD! Bonus material includes cops with a boogie woogie tracks. Joking aside, I enjoyed this action thriller featuring some incredible visual acuity.
Reviewed by Sangwinne D. 2 / 10

A tale that should feel like destiny in

A tale that should feel like destiny in flesh cold, patient, inevitable. In moments, it nearly achieves that. The lead performance is hauntingly precise, carrying a quiet, grace that feels nostalgic. The story itself drips with generational vengeance, a curse passed down and nurtured into something sharp enough to cut through time. That part, I respect. But respect is not the same as satisfaction. The editing is clumsy, breaking immersion with abrupt, careless transitions that drain tension before it can properly settle. Worse still, the fight choreography feels hollowed, unconvincing, lacking the weight it so desperately tries to portray. Even compared to earlier Japanese films, it falters. The action should feel like fate fulfilled instead, it feels performed. There is beauty here, yes—but it is buried beneath missteps that cannot be ignored. What could have been an elegant symphony of revenge instead limps forward, fragmented and uneven.
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