Slaughter in the Snow 1973
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In feudal Japan, women are vulnerable, in need of protection, and capable of deception. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter, has not yet fully revenged the death of his wife and son. He searches for Kunisada Chuji, who in turn has hired the knife-throwing Windmill Kobunji to kill him. Kobunji and Jokichi meet in the winter, near Sasago Pass, when both have rescued women: Jokichi has saved the lute-playing Oyae whose clan and whose lover want her dead; Kobunji has rescued Oharu, a well-born woman married to an innkeeper. Is this rescue a whim or something deeper? And why does Jokichi become the consumptive Kobunji's protector? What ultimately will Jokichi do about Oyae?
- Released: 1973-06-08
- Runtime: 83 minutes
- Genre: Action
- Stars: Yoshio Harada, Hajime Araki, Kai Ato, Gen Takamori, Toshio Hosoi
- Director: Kazuo Ikehiro, Kazuo Ikehiro, Kikumaru Okuda, Yosuke Sakakibara, Kōzō Okazaki
