Lady Snowblood (manga)

Lady Snowblood
The cover of Vol. 1 of the Dark Horse Comics collection
修羅雪姫
(Shurayuki-hime)
Manga
Written byKazuo Koike
Illustrated byKazuo Kamimura
Published byShueisha
English publisher
ImprintPlayboy Zōkan
MagazineWeekly Playboy
DemographicSeinen
Original runFebruary 29, 1972March 6, 1973
Volumes2 (4 in English) (List of volumes)

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.