Lady Hunter: Prelude to Murder

Lady Hunter: Prelude to Murder
Lady Hunter: Prelude to Murder
Directed by	Takashi Miike
Written by	Shinjirō Ishihama (story); Tatsuo Eguchi (screenplay)
Produced by	Shochiku Company
Starring	Yoshie Kashiwabara; Naomi Morinaga
Cinematography	Shigeru Komatsubara
Music by	Tomio Terada
Release date	December 21, 1991;
Running time	79 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Lady Hunter: Prelude To Murder (レディハンター殺しのプレリュード, Redi Hantā: Koroshi No Pureryūdo) is a 1991 Japanese action film directed by Takashi Miike.^[1]^[2] It was the first film shot by Takashi Miike, even though it was released after Toppū! Minipato tai - Aikyacchi Jankushon.^[3]

Plot

A former soldier working in a daycare center must take a young child, Riki, home with him when his mother does not show up to pick him up at the end of the day. While driving home he escapes a kidnap attempt on the child by a mysterious group of armed men and decides to hide out with his former lover Saeko, a female former soldier with whom he was in love during their time in the service together. The attackers, led by the boy's father the King of Moldova, captured his mother earlier and are now coming for his son. They track the boy to Saeko's home, where Saeko and her former lover must battle to save the child from being abducted by his father. Saeko still has dreams about her time in the service and is willing to use her skills to fight off the attackers and protect the boy.