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27/04/2012:

Arrow Video to release Lady Snowblood on DVD and Blu-Ray

Live-action manga adaptation coming this September

Arrow Video to release Lady Snowblood on DVD and Blu-Ray

From our exclusive feed with Cult Labs, and as part of a number of announcements for the third quarter of 2012, Arrow Video have announced that they will be releasing the 1970s live-action adaptation of Kasuo Koike's Lady Snowblood (aka Shurayukihime) manga as a dual-format DVD and Blu-Ray release this September.  The release, slated for September 24th, will contain both the first and second movies, and will be available in both standard and limited edition "steelbook" releases.

Here's the press blurb for the films:

From the original manga by Kasuo Koike (Lone Wolf and Cub) and the main inspiration for Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill, Lady Snowblood is a blood spattered Samurai masterpiece from the golden age of Japanese cult cinema!

Kidnapped and abused by Samurai a woman who finds herself in jail plots revenge by getting pregnant to raise an instrument of death! The child, Yuki, is raised with the single purpose of cutting down the four beasts that brutalised her mother, dismembering every down, dirty lowlife that stands in her way.

Special Features:

- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation of both features

- Reversible sleeve with original poster and newly commissioned artwork

- Collector’s booklet by Japanese cinema expert

- More special features to be announced closer to the time!

- Also available as a Limited Edition SteelBook!






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