| Lady Snowblood | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Lady_Snow_Blood_vol_1_comic.jpg) The cover of Vol. 1 of the Dark Horse Comics collection | |
| 修羅雪姫 (Shurayuki-hime) | |
|---|---|
| Manga | |
| Written by | Kazuo Koike |
| Illustrated by | Kazuo Kamimura |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Playboy Zōkan |
| Magazine | Weekly Playboy |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | February 29, 1972 – March 6, 1973 |
| Volumes | 2 (4 in English) |
Lady Snowblood (Japanese: 修羅雪姫, Hepburn: Shurayuki-hime) is a Japanese manga series written by Kazuo Koike and illustrated by Kazuo Kamimura. It was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Playboy magazine from February 1972 to March 1973. The series revolves around the title character, a female assassin who seeks vengeance against the bandits who murdered her stepfather and older half-brother and raped her mother.
Lady Snowblood was translated into English and published in four volumes by Dark Horse Comics between 2005 and 2006. The manga was adapted into a live-action film of the same name starring Meiko Kaji in 1973, which was followed by Lady Snowblood: Love Song of Vengeance in 1974. The manga and film adaptations have influenced a number of other works.