Slaughter in the Snow

(1973)

★ 6.7 IMDb · 3 votes

Genres: Action

Year: 1973

Runtime: 83 мин

Country: Japan

Director: 池広一夫

Cast: 原田芳雄, Hajime Araki, 阿藤快, Gen Takamori, 細井利雄, Рэндзи Исибаси, 北九州男, 北浦昭義, 三角八朗, Hirasawa Nabuo

Plot

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?