The vengeful swordswoman, Lady Snowblood, is conscripted by the Japanese Secret Police to assassinate political dissidents in order to avoid a death sentence for her prior acts of bloodshed.
Yuki Kashima is surrounded by police officers on a beach. She fights and kills several of them but is overwhelmed. She is quickly tried and sentenced to death by hanging but is suddenly rescued by the mysterious Seishiro Kikui, head of the Secret
