Three of the 1970s Japanese icon's greatest, grungiest films show how the grindhouse rivals the arthouse for sheer filmmaking flair. 1973’s “Lady Snowblood” is probably the most “respectable” of the ...

It was an ideal role for Kaji, a gifted physical actor who can infuse meaning into the smallest movements — not to mention her big, intense eyes. Kaji can express a whole range of emotions through her ...

'70s Week: The '70s saw women kicking ass like never before — two of them cut an especially spectacular trail that bleeds a clear path through the last 50 years of action movies. Women have been ...