Lady VengeanceThis is a very powerful story of revenge from a female perspective and is directed by Park Chan wook (a very dark if extreme thriller director. The main 'heroine' dresses in black, but with bright red eyeliner and this has inspired me when thinking about the dress code for the herione in our film. This juxtaposition of bright make up and dark clothing, makes the heroine look feminine, but deadly.
Similarly the film is interesting with it's non-linear plot, with plenty of flashbacks playing out in the main heroine's mind. This might be something we could look into to make the beginning more interesting, by jumping straight into the plot.
Lady Snowblood
Like Lady Vengeance, in Lady Snowblood the narrative is told through various flashbacks, letting the film slowly unravel. Therefore in the beginning it jumps straight into the action, as we see her dismember a group of supposedly 'bad' samurai. I think this film could be a big inspiration, and know for a fact that Quentin Tarantino was inspired by it when making 'Kill Bill'.
Audition
This is a very dark thriller/horror, where the main female character is not the heroine, but in fact the villain.
Here's a plot summary from imdb.com:
'A lonely Japanese widower whose son is planning to move out of the house soon expresses his sadness to a friend and fellow film producer, who becomes inspired to hold an audition for a non-existent film so that the widower can select a new potential bride from the resulting audition pool. The widower ultimately becomes enamored with and fascinated by one particular young woman...but first impressions can often be horribly wrong....'
The play really plays on the power struggle between men and women, and although the widower is being 'played' by the 'actress' he in fact has had a brief affair with a co-worker, who he has now forgotten about, much to her dismay.
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