Meiko Kaji Double Feature at the Music Box - with Meiko Kaji in person!

Name: Meiko Kaji Double Feature at the Music Box - with Meiko Kaji in person!
Start: 2026-04-04T13:30:00-05:00
End: 2026-04-04T17:30:00-05:00
Location: Music Box Theatre

Schedule

Sat Apr 04 2026 at 01:30 pm to 05:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Music Box Theatre | Chicago, IL

Double Feature presentation of LADY SNOWBLOOD and FEMALE PRISONER SCORPION: JAILHOUSE 41
Part of BEYOND CHICAGO. Visit our website for Full Schedule: https://musicboxtheatre.com/series-and-festivals/beyond-chicago
Featuring a post-film Q&A with actor Meiko Kaji following LADY SNOWBLOOD, and an introduction to FEMALE PRISONER SCORPION: JAILHOUSE 41.
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LADY SNOWBLOOD (1973, 97 mins, DCP)
Gory revenge is raised to the level of visual poetry in Toshiya Fujita’s stunning *Lady Snowblood.* A major inspiration for Quentin Tarantino’s *K*ll Bill* saga, this endlessly inventive film, set in late nineteenth-century Japan, charts the single-minded path of vengeance taken by a young woman (Meiko Kaji) whose parents were the unfortunate victims of a gang of brutal criminals. Fujita creates a wildly entertaining action film of remarkable craft, an effortless balancing act between beauty and violence.
FEMALE PRISONER SCORPION: JAILHOUSE 41 (1972, 90 mins, 35mm)
The four-film Female Prisoner Scorpion cycle charts the vengeance of Nami Matsushima (Meiko Kaji, LADY SNOWBLOOD), who becomes an avatar of survival and an unlikely symbol of female resistance in a male-dominated world. Spiritually akin to MS. 45, COFFY, and THE BRIDE WORE BLACK, FEMALE PRISONER SCORPION: JAILHOUSE 41 (the second film in the series) finds Nami continuing her quest for dark vengeance and becomes an unlikely symbol of female resistance in a male-dominated world. Featuring stunning pop-art compositions and ultra-violent outbursts, it’s easy to see why these movies were a direct inspiration for Uma Thurman’s character of “The Bride” in Quentin Tarantino’s K*ll BILL.