Lady Snowblood: Blizzard from the Netherworld (1973)

Yuki Kashima was conceived without love and birthed for one reason: to be an instrument of posthumous vengeance for her mother.
The film is a clash of styles that merge together to create something unique and freeform. When it works it’s a breathtaking example of Japanese B-movie vengeance cinema that's overly bloody and shamelessly violent. It has much in common with the Lone Wolf & Cub films; it lacks the finesse of that series but Yuki cares little for finesse.

4 blood spurts out of 5