Norio Osada’s Typical Vibe
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Norio Osada has 3 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 1980s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Lady Snowblood.
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Yuki's family is nearly wiped out before she is born due to the machinations of a band of criminals. These criminals kidnap and brutalize her mother but leave her alive. Later her mother ends up in prison with only revenge to keep her alive. She creates an instrument for this revenge by purposefully getting pregnant. Yuki never knows the love of a family but only killing and revenge.
Dir. Toshiya Fujita · With Meiko Kaji, Toshio Kurosawa, Masaaki Daimon
Lady Snowblood is caught by the police and sentenced to death for her crimes. As she is sent to the gallows she is rescued by the secret police who offer her a deal to assassinate some revolutionaries.
Dir. Toshiya Fujita · With Meiko Kaji, Yoshio Harada, Kazuko Yoshiyuki

A peace treaty between the Earth and the Black World, a parallel universe of demons, is coming to an end. Two cops, Taki, a human male, and Maki, a female demon, are assigned to protect a diplomat who will help secure another treaty. A radical group of demons from the Black World are out to assassinate the diplomat and prevent the treaty; only the bond that forms between the two cops can save the Earth from destruction.
Dir. Yoshiaki Kawajiri · With Yusaku Yara, Toshiko Fujita, Ichiro Nagai
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