Movies like Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974)
The best movies like Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974) are Lady Snowblood (1973), Seven (1979) and Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972). If Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance hooked you with its action and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedLady Snowblood (1973)7.5/10 from 450 votes
- NewestThe Shadow Strays (2024)Released 2024
- In JapaneseLady Snowblood (1973)Also in Japanese
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Lady Snowblood (1973)
A strikingly beautiful young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family.
Why it matches: Same series: Lady Snowblood · both action & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSeven (1979)
A government agent discovers a plot by a cartel of seven gangsters to take over the state of Hawaii. He hires a team of seven hitmen to stop them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisLone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)
Official Shogunate executioner Ogami Itto has been framed for disloyalty to the Shogunate by the Yagyu clan, against whom he now is waging a one-man war, along with his infant son, Daigoro.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPoint of No Return (1993)
Hardened criminal Maggie Hayward's consistent violence, even in police custody, ends in the execution chamber. However, top-secret US government agent 'Bob' arranges a staged death, so Maggie can be elaborately trained as a phantom killer and subdued into obedience.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBaby Assassins 2 (2023)
Chisato and Mahiro must pay four years of overdue fees or lose their membership in their assassin guild. They take part-time jobs, but find themselves in the middle of an armed robbery and being hunted by other assassins.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPistol Opera (2001)
An assassin fends off numerous attacks from her comrades, who are trying to move up in rank by killing off the competition.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & action
The Assignment (2017)
Ace assassin Frank Kitchen is double crossed by gangsters and falls into the hands of rogue surgeon known as The Doctor who turns him into a woman. The hitman, now a hitwoman, sets out for revenge, aided by a nurse named Johnnie who also has secrets.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisBranded to Kill (1967)
After botching his latest assignment, a third-ranked Japanese hit man becomes the target of another assassin.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBlack Cat (1991)
Catherine is a violent and disturbed young lady who is shot down by the government in one of her escapades. She wakes up in a training facility and is taught to use weapons, combat, and is put through heavy endurance training. When she is done, she is given the code name "Black Cat". Catherine is now an assassin for the government and is very good at it but she soon finds a boyfriend and is caught between her love for him and her deal with the government
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
The Villainess (2017)
Honed from childhood into a merciless killing machine by a criminal organization, assassin Sook-hee is recruited with the promise of freedom after ten years of service. However, secrets from her past destroy everything she’s worked for and now she embarks on a roaring rampage of revenge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril (1972)
Ogami Itto is hired to kill a tattooed female assassin and battles Retsudo, head of the Yagyu clan, and his son Gunbei.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like this13 Assassins (1963)
A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when one of his own vassals commits suicide to bring attention to the crime, the matter is quickly hushed up. Not only will there be no punishment, but because the Daimyo is the Shogun's younger brother, he will soon be appointed to a high political position from which he could wreak even more havoc. Convinced that the fate of the Shogunate hangs in the balance, a plot is hatched to assassinate the Daimyo. The two most brilliant strategic minds of their generation find themselves pitted against each other; one is tasked to defend a man he despises, and has a small army at his disposal. The other is given a suicide mission, and has 12 brave men. They are the 13 Assassins.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFemale Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972)
After being cruelly set up and deceived by Sugimi, a detective in cahoots with the mob with whom she was whole-heartedly in love, Matsushima’s desire for revenge knows no bounds.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Mechanic (1972)
Arthur Bishop is a veteran hit man who, owing to his penchant for making his targets' deaths seem like accidents, thinks himself an artist. It's made him very rich, but as he hits middle age, he's so depressed and lonely that he takes on one of his victim's sons, Steve McKenna, as his apprentice. Arthur puts him through a rigorous training period and brings him on several hits. As Steven improves, Arthur worries that he'll discover who killed his father.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAzumi (2003)
In war-torn Japan, the Tokugawa Shogun, desperate to restore peace to his people, orders the assassination of the hostile warlords. A beautiful young woman is raised from birth with nine other orphans, to become an assassin. Her name is Azumi, the ultimate assassin.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisZero Woman: Red Handcuffs (1974)
Agent Zero is a cop that uses her own methods for dealing with criminals. After she unlawfully kills a rapist in a violent fashion, she is sent to prison and stripped of her badge. But very soon after, a rich politician's daughter is kidnapped by a ruthless gang. Agent Zero is let out of prison with the mission of going undercover to find the politician's daughter and return her safely. Using her deadly red handcuffs, she disposes of the criminals one by one.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLupin the 3rd: Goemon's Blood Spray (2017)
A yakuza boss hires Goemon Ishikawa, a modern day samurai, to protect him aboard his cruise ship casino. Everything goes sideways when the famous thief, Lupin the Third, tries to rob the vessel. Lupin's being hunted by a powerful and mysterious man: the so called “Ghost of Bermuda.” With Goemon's employer dead in the ensuing chaos, his honor is at stake, and the only way to preserve it is with blood. But this opponent is like no other, and to make things right, Goemon may need to sharpen not only his sword, but himself as well!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Violence Action (2022)
Kei Kikuno attends a vocational school as a student. For her part-time job, she works as a contract killer. She is excellent at her job and never gets scared by anyone. One day, she receives the most challenging request.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Shadow Strays (2024)
Skilled in the art of killing, a young assassin defies her mentor to save a boy from a ruthless crime syndicate — and she'll destroy anyone in her path.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNaked Weapon (2002)
A mysterious woman, known as Madame M, kidnaps forty pre-teen girls and transports them to a remote island to train them as the most deadly assassins. CIA operative Jack Chen follows the case for 6 years with no leads, but when a series of assassinations begin to occur, Jack suspects that Madame M is back in business.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTerrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom (1973)
Three new students at a super-strict girl's school must face off with a repressive school administration, the sadistic, murderous student discipline brigade and corrupt politicians over the murder/suicide of one of their friends. They're approached by a blackmailer (Tsunehiko Watase) who promises to help them exact vengeance in exchange for setting up a corrupt local politician, and aided by a independent Yakuza biker chick (Reiko Ike).
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Female Yakuza Tale (1973)
Ocho is accidentally captured by a drug trafficking cartel who use Chinese women to smuggle drugs into Japan by hiding it in their vaginas. She is tortured, and manages to escape, fighting both the male yakuzas and a gang of female thieves.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGirl Boss Blues - Queen Bee's Challenge (1972)
When two Girl Bosses fight each other over territory, their enmity is difficult to solve - they are equals in looks, strength, determination, and power of their respective girl gangs. So, the way is open to a mischievous Yakuza Boss who invites them for a peaceful way to decide their feud: a sexual challenge for him to decide who is the better Girl Boss. Trapped, both are subject to the man's lust and sadistic assaults. They escape by joining forces against the yakuza gang, though it costs one of the young women her life - when she was friends already with her former enemy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban (1973)
The Kanto Gypsies, a tough girl gang, hide out from the law in the middle of a disputed gang territory, where they end up getting kidnapped by sinister underworld thugs. After breaking free, the girls set their sights on one thing: revenge. Miki Sugimoto stars as girl boss Komasa, the ruthless and sadistic leader of the Kanto Gypsies who possesses more than enough brains to match her killer looks.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight (1964)
Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman returning home with her baby. When gangsters mistake her for Zatoichi and kill her, Zatoichi determines to escort the baby to its father. He gains the reluctant help of a young pick pocket and together they travel to find the baby's father. But they do not reckon on the father's reaction to their arrival, nor on their own growing feelings for the child.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo (1970)
Wild young people kidnap a wealthy woman and she becomes attracted to one of them. When she tells the man that she is the mistress of a religious leader, he and his posse make plans to rob her partner.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
Kite (1998)
Sawa, orphaned as a child by murderous thugs, now targets the scourge of society as a trained killer for a mercenary syndicate. Coquettish and capable of unimaginable violence, she's grown into the perfect weapon — but doubt takes hold in Sawa's mind when her fellow assassin, Oburi, decides he wants out.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGolgo 13: The Professional (1983)
Indestructible to his enemies and irresistible to women, the professional assassin codenamed Golgo 13 is shrouded in mystery and anonymity. If you're on his hit list, you're already dead. Always hired on his reputation alone, Golgo never breaks a contract. Can he survive the combined forces of the FBI, CIA, the Pentagon and the U.S. Army? Has the nameless agent finally met his match against the superhuman powers of the Snake and the twin evils of the psychopathic mercenaries, Gold and Silver?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Colt is My Passport (1967)
A gang lord hires Kamimura, a hit man, to take out a rival boss who's gotten greedy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNew Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion (1976)
Once again we focus on Nami Matsushima. This time she has a sister who goes missing and after getting too caught up in doing something about it, our innocent heroine is given a fifteen year sentence for a murder she didn't commit. She's sent to an all women prison where she's not exactly welcome. Her fellow inmates torture, humiliate and try to kill her; but the Scorpion prevails long enough to get some justice.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance?
The closest matches to Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance are Lady Snowblood (1973), Seven (1979) and Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance?
People who watched Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance most often go on to Seven (1979), Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972) and Point of No Return (1993).
What is the highest-rated movie like Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance?
Lady Snowblood (1973), rated 7.5/10 by 450 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance?
The Shadow Strays (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Is Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to Lady Snowblood, which includes Lady Snowblood (1973).
Are there Japanese movies like Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance?
Yes: Lady Snowblood (1973), Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972) and Baby Assassins 2 (2023).
How are movies similar to Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.