artizon
Joined Dec 2001
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This is one of my all-time favorite movies. The plot isn't hard to follow: A woman named Sayo had a husband and son who were murdered by a yakuza group, so she killed one and was arrested. She became a hooker in jail and got pregnant, then died at childbirth. But she left a prophecy behind for her daughter, Yuki- that when she is older, she shall avenge her family.
And she does just that.
This is a great piece of film-making. It does, however, suffer from the signature Japanese orange blood-spraying in the 70's and 80's. The character development is there and everything. She is a pretty good swordswoman. She proved that in this and its two sequels. From the ending, you would think she was killed. However, she is alive and well (sort-of well) in the second one and in the third one, reincarnated, so she's fine in that too. I give this a 9.2 out of 10. See this and the sequels. I recommend all three in a row, because they are great and you may like them, depending on your taste of film. You ought to know what type this is- exploitation and action and spraying blood.
And she does just that.
This is a great piece of film-making. It does, however, suffer from the signature Japanese orange blood-spraying in the 70's and 80's. The character development is there and everything. She is a pretty good swordswoman. She proved that in this and its two sequels. From the ending, you would think she was killed. However, she is alive and well (sort-of well) in the second one and in the third one, reincarnated, so she's fine in that too. I give this a 9.2 out of 10. See this and the sequels. I recommend all three in a row, because they are great and you may like them, depending on your taste of film. You ought to know what type this is- exploitation and action and spraying blood.
