If you didn't get enough blood, gore, and samurai dismemberment in the first "Lady Snowblood," get ready for even more in the sequel, plus nudity, long take fight sequences and very 1970s style filmmaking with "Lady Snowblood: Love Song of Vengeance."
Set after the events of the first film, Yuki (Meiko Kaji) has been sentenced to life in prison for the crimes she committed. But when the secret police learn of her talents, they reach out to and give her an ultimatum - Spend the rest of her life in prison, or work for them and have her sentenced reduced.
What stood out to me in this film, outside of the up'ed level of violence from the first film, was the cinematography and the style in which of the flashbacks are shown. There are lots of great uses of color here, including some beautiful shots of the bright red sun setting on the ocean, or the dark blue colors of night. The flashbacks reminded me of "Under the Flag of the Rising Sun" in how stylized and unique they got, with strange camera angles, even weirder editing styles and lack of color.
"Lady Snowblood: Love Song of Vengeance" offers exactly what we got in the first film, with plenty of rage and violence to go around, but presents it in a far more captivating style. Now there's far more that catches the eye outside of the bright red blood splatter.
Final Grade: B+
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