While on her way to a date with the hangman's noose, assassin Yuki Kashima (Meiko Kaji) gets an unexpected reprieve when the government offers her a deal: If she kills an enemy of the state and retrieves a document in his possession, she'll go free. But after Yuki discovers the truth, she decides to turn the tables on her employers in this rousing sequel to the 1973 revenge thriller Lady Snowblood.