     is a manga written by kazuo koike and illustrated by kazuo kamimura, and serialized in shueisha's weekly playboy. it was translated into english and published in four volumes by dark horse comics between 2005 and 2006. lady snowblood centers around the title character, an assassin who seeks vengeance against the bandits who raped her mother and murdered her father, often using her sexual appeal as a weapon. the manga was adapted into a live-action feature film of the same name starring meiko kaji in 1973. it was followed by lady snowblood 2: love song of vengeance in 1974. in 2001, the manga was reimagined as the science fiction action film the princess blade, starring yumiko shaku and hideaki ito. == title == the japanese title shurayuki-hime is a pun on . the word shura comes to mean asura, demigod like beings consumed in the act of violence and unresolvable conflict, and the allusion of those that live lives forever involving such a fate. the title was translated as lady snowblood because asura is associated with the term shuraba "scene of a great battle" or "scene of carnage". == plot == lady snowblood oyuki is given a task of vengeance to kill those who murdered her family and raped her mother. tokuichi shoei was stabbed to death by oyuki's mother. oyuki's mother was sent to jail for that crime and had a daughter in prison to exact retribution of the other three perpetrators. okono kitahama was set up by oyuki to lose all her assets and was framed as a murderer. gishiro tsukamoto discovered oyuki's plan and used miyanara as bait but was still killed by oyuki. hanzo takemura begs her forgiveness, however is still assassinated by oyuki for honourable retribution. == characters == thumb|lady snowblood - oyuki ;lady snowblood :oyuki is a seductive and beautiful woman, with formidable skills in usi
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