So much potential but not all of it delivered upon. I dig the idea of Snowblood as a political subversive and the clash of classic and modern is great but the narrative is a bit muddled. Sometimes you're unsure where things are going and not in a good way. At least it has the strength of its convictions and takes a stand on political things rather than just using buzz words to sound important.

Like the Kill Bill duology, the second one doesn't touch the first one but is still very good in it's own separate way. The thing that made this not as good for me is the amount of filler and how much it dragged in the first half of the film and the lack of any blood and gore until the last 20 or so minutes.

"He fanned the embers of revenge within her... Into a raging fire!"

Never quite recaptures the viciousness and artistic flare of it's predecessor, or it's own opening (everything up to, and including, the title drop), and it leans a bit too much into politics for my taste - but it's a perfectly viable exploitation picture in its own right, and both Kaji and Fujita are in top form here. I should also note that the restoration from Criterion is simply gorgeous.

meiko kaji is always great and there are these long sequences of her walking and murdering surrounded by enemies that are super cool.
However the whole point of her revenge was already achieved before so idk what is the point? I watched this few days ago and don't remember anything besides those super cool fight scenes and a girl throwing baskets in the ocean

Literally the perfect sequel.

This was a re-watch and I forgot this movie had a plague element to it, which made it all the more fitting given the times we are in.

This movie feels a lot clunkier than the first masterpiece, like they were really struggling to come up with a concept. It's almost as if they said "What did everyone love about the first movie? Lady Snowblood fucking people up in a fit of vengeance the whole time? Alright, let's NOT do that"..which is frustrating.

All in all, it's still a classic and super entertaining, just not as great as the original.

LADY SNOWBLOOD IS STILL ON THE SAMURAI MOUNT RUSHMORE

was it necessary? no. did i eat it up? yes.. yes i did

Philosophize if you choose. Hammer it out legally if you must. Fatalistically, even with the best of intentions, all of it dehumanizes and degrades us no matter what we think of it at the time.

Lady Snowblood 2, as it’s own movie is an average samurai movie and that is really the problem here. The first movie had a style and look to it the second one might as well have been a completely different movie. Most of her personality was gone and more focus was put on the anarchist’s story. In short, this should not have been made.

☭ welcome ☭ to ☭ the ☭ cause ☭lady☭snowblood☭

Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance es una secuela completamente innecesaria, su primera ya había cerrado perfectamente y esta segunda parte no aporta nada al desarrollo del personaje. Aún así, sigue la misma estela que la primera y es más de lo mismo, entretenimiento sin mucho más aunque la primera si que era mucho más profunda en todo. Lo más destacable para mí sigue siendo su apartado visual.