Lady Snowblood: Blizzard from the Netherworld (1973)

Blurb:
It is the turn of the century. Yuki is a woman in search of revenge, in search of 4 people who killed her father and older brother before she was born. At that time, rumors circulated that men dressed in white were tax collectors - so it was awfully unfortunate for him, a school teacher on his way to his new job at a small village, to be wandering around in a brand-new white suit.

After mercilessly killing him, the miscreants beat and rape Yuki’s mother, and one of them takes her to Tokyo to use as his slave. She murders him in revenge, but is imprisoned for life before she can hunt down the other three. By seducing the prison guards, she becomes pregnant, and dies soon after she gives birth to Yuki. As she lies dying, surrounded by her fellow prisoners, she prays that Yuki will complete her vengeance.

One of the other prisoners and a priest raise Yuki. The priest trains Yuki in the arts of death, so that she may be able to fulfill her mother’s dying wish.

As she follows the clues that lead her to each of the remaining 3 marked for death, Yuki soon becomes known throughout Japan as Lady Snowblood!

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Covertext:
In einem japanischen Gefängnis kommt das Mädchen Yuki zur Welt. Ihr Leben wird nur ein Ziel haben: sich blutig an denen zu rächen, die einst die Familie ihrer Mutter Sayo zerstörten. Nach 20 Lehrjahren bei einem Mönch ist sie bereit, als Racheengel den vier Peinigern Sayos gegenüberzutreten.

»Du hast ein Schicksal; vergiss Freude, vergiss Schmerz, vergiss Liebe und Hass, vergiss alles außer Rache!« Aus ihr wird Lady Snowblood – und die Welt färbt sich rot.

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Descrizione dell’editore italiano Lucky Red:
Dopo aver assistito al brutale assassinio del marito ed essere stata violentata per tre giorni e tre notti, Sayo uccide uno degli assassini, finendo così in carcere. Decisa a mettere al mondo un figlio che porti a termine il suo progetto, si concede ai suoi carcerieri. Nasce così Yuki, bambina condannata fin dall’origine, concepita per portare a compimento la vendetta di sua madre.

Fonte: www.anisearch.it/movie/4829