Balancing physical action with Buddhist musings on life and death, the most spiritual of the Lone Wolf and Cub films finds Ogami’s combat skills put to the test by five different warrior-messengers. | In the US, Media Blasters released the first season on DVD on April 29, 2008, under its Tokyo Shock Label, containing the original Japanese with English subtitles. In addition to the six original films (and Shogun Assassin in 1980), various television movies have aired in connection with the television series as pilots, compilations or originals. Not sure what movies that cuts up/re-edits together. The Bell Warden Action, Drama. Embracing Daigorō with tears, Retsudō names him "grandson of my heart", closing the cycle of vengeance and hatred between the clans and concluding the epic. Akihiro Tomikawa, Kenji Misumi Kenji Misumi They would continue to add the volumes of the graphic novel well into 2003. The Will of the Fang Based on a successful manga of the same name, and a key reference for The Mandalorian, the Lone Wolf and Cub movies feature disgraced-samurai-turned-assassin Ogami Ittō (Tomisaburo Wakayama) and his young son Daigoro (Akihiro Tomikawa) as they travel through Edo period Japan, acquiring targets and being targeted by various rival factions - most notably the Yagyū clan, led by Lord Retsudo. | An English language dubbed film with 12 minutes from, This page was last edited on 20 January 2021, at 20:50. 20. Also,the films are based on a veeery long japanese comic. | Gorô Mutsumi, See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc, Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx, Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons. Master Swordsman Ogami Itto held the honorable position as the Shogun's executioner. However, the ghastly deed was designed by the envious Yagyu Retsudo to disgrace and frame Ogami in the eyes of the Shogun, giving […] 12. After Ogami Ittō's wife Azami gives birth to their son, Daigorō, Ogami Ittō returns to find her and all of their household brutally murdered, with only the newborn Daigorō surviving. Fumio Watanabe, The shogun’s executioner, Itto Ogami (Tomisaburo Wakayama), takes to wandering the countryside as an assassin—along with his infant son Daigoro (Akihiro Tomikawa) and an infinitely weaponized perambulator—helping those he encounters while … The latest television series, also titled Lone Wolf and Cub (Kozure Ōkami), aired from 2002 to 2004 in Japan with Kin'ya Kitaōji in the role of Ogami Ittō and Tsubasa Kobayashi as Daigoro. Pages in category "Lone Wolf and Cub films" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. Tell us what you think about this feature. Toward the end of their journey, Ogami Ittō's dōtanuki sword is surreptitiously tampered with and damaged by a supposed sword-polisher who is really an elite "Grass" ninja of the Yagyū clan. Hostage Child Wolf with Child in Tow: Now We Go to Hell, Daigoro! In 2002, a "reimagined" version of the story, Lone Wolf 2100, was created by writer Mike Kennedy and artist Francisco Ruiz Velasco with Koike's indirect involvement. 26. User Info: JackBurton85. The film combines the back story of volume one and volume six in the Lone Wolf & Cub comics. | Talisman of Hades Shogun Assassin was compiled from the first two films in the Lone Wolf and Cub series, using 12 minutes of Sword of Vengeance and most of Baby Cart at the River Styx. It will not include the 1980 compilation, Shogun Assasin, or the 1993 adaptation Final Conflict, though. The Assassin's Road 83 min Based on the best-selling manga series, the six intensely kinetic LONE WOLF AND CUB films elevated chanbara to bloody new heights. Director: The shogun’s executioner, Itto Ogami (Tomisaburo Wakayama), takes to wandering the countryside as an assassin—along with his infant son Daigoro (Akihiro Tomikawa) and a seemingly infinitely weaponized perambulator—helping those he encounters … Three films into this series...three genre masterpieces. | They encounter (and slay) all of Yagyū Retsudō's children (both legitimate and illegitimate) along with the entire Kurokuwa ninja clan, eventually facing Retsudō himself. Action & adventure. When Ittō is finally attacked by the last of the (kusa) Grass ninja, the sword breaks and Ittō receives wounds that are ultimately fatal. 21. Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by the yakuza to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain. After all, both the “Lone Wolf and Cub” movies and the manga it’s based on have inspired the works of comics legend Frank Miller, the graphic novel (and its eventual movie adaptation) “Road to Perdition” and a certain TV show from the “Star Wars” universe … Ogami is hired to kill a tattooed female assassin. Director: The story spans 28 volumes of manga, with over 300 pages each (totaling over 8,700 pages in all). Five warriors challenge Ogami to duels. It was subsequently broadcast in the United States as The Fugitive Samurai in the original Japanese with English subtitles, and released for the Toronto, Canada market by CFMT-TV (now OMNI 1) in the original Japanese with English subtitles as The Iron Samurai. If Daigorō chose the ball, his father would kill himself and send Daigorō to be with his mother; however, the child crawls toward the sword and reaches for its hilt; this assigns him the path of a rōnin. Never bothered with Shogun Assassin 2. a masterless samurai) who wanders the countryside of Japan with his small child, having various adventures. Michi Azuma, Michiyo Yasuda, Unless the remaining entries take a shocking nosedive in quality, I'm beginning to think the Lone Wolf and Cub movies may end up being my favorite film series of all time. The shogun s executioner, Itto Ogami (Tomisaburo Wakayama), takes to wandering the countryside as an assassin along with his infant son Daigoro (Akihiro Tomikawa) and an infinitely weaponized perambulator helping those he encounters while … Seasons two and three ran for 26 episodes each. The inaugural film in the Lone Wolf and Cub series immediately thrust Itto Ogami into the ranks of the all-time great samurai movie icons. Action, Adventure. Shogun Assassin (1980) was an English language compilation for the American audience, edited mainly from the second film, with 11 minutes of footage from the first. Ogami Ittō, formidable warrior and a master of the suiō-ryū swordsmanship, serves as the Kogi Kaishakunin (the Shōgun's executioner), a position of high power in the Tokugawa shogunate. In the sixth and final film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, the final conflict between Ogami Itto and the Yagyu clan is carried out. On meifumadō ("The Road to Hell"), the cursed journey for vengeance, Ogami Ittō and Daigorō experience numerous adventures. Shattered Stones | In the sixth and final film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, the final conflict between Ogami Itto and the Yagyu clan is carried out. Gô Katô, Director: Adapted from the mega popular manga series, the Lone Wolf and Cub films are Japanese genre filmmaking at its bloody best, each entry replete with bold visual style and brilliant action choreography. Many of the panels of the series are depictions of nature, historical locations in Japan, and traditional activities. Stars: When rivals kill his wife and handmaidens, it is initially believed that it was to avenge a clan lord's execution. Minoru Ôki, [15], Novelist Max Allan Collins acknowledged the influence of Lone Wolf and Cub on his graphic novel Road to Perdition in an interview to the BBC, declaring that "Road to Perdition is 'an unabashed homage' to Lone Wolf and Cub". Two full-fledged television series based on the manga have been broadcast to date. You can get a sense of what the film looks like from what you see here. Perhaps in Death This new Blu-ray collection from Criterion collects all six original Lone Wolf and Cub films and Shogun Assassin, along with a handful and new and old bonus features in a three-disc boxed set. Gô Katô, [citation needed] First Comics shut down in 1991 without completing the series, publishing less than a third of the total series over 45 issues. This series is not available on DVD. Also, the third film, Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades was re-released on DVD in the US under the name Shogun Assassin 2: Lightning Swords of Death. These include several starring Kinnosuke Yorozuya (see section Television series), in 1989 a TV movie called Lone Wolf With Child: An Assassin on the Road to Hell better known as Baby Cart In Purgatory where Hideki Takahashi plays Ogami Ittō and Tomisaburo Wakayama co-stars as Retsudo Yagyu. Lone Wolf and Cub (Japanese: 子連れ狼, Hepburn: Kozure Ōkami, "Wolf taking along his child") is a manga created by writer Kazuo Koike and artist Goseki Kojima.First published in 1970, the story was adapted into six films starring Tomisaburo Wakayama, four plays, a television series starring Kinnosuke Yorozuya, and is widely recognized as an important and influential work. B rimming over with the cynical ultraviolence and plentiful T&A of the best exploitation filmmaking, the Lone Wolf and Cub films can be said to have inaugurated a new genre: the pulp samurai. Director: Tears of Ice Kenji Misumi 23. Based on the best-selling manga series, the six intensely kinetic Lone Wolf and Cub films elevated chanbara to bloody new heights. Tōgō, who is on a training journey and also carries a dotanuki sword similar to Ogami's (and crafted by the same swordsmith), then assumes guardianship of Daigoro, including retrieving the baby cart and teaching/training Daigoro in Jigen-ryū. It has also been aired in Germany dubbed in German, in Italy dubbed in Italian; around 1980, a Portuguese dub was aired in Brazil as O Samurai Fugitivo (The Fugitive Samurai) on TVS, actually SBT, and in Spanish, as El Samurai Fugitivo on the American Spanish TV station Univision. Lone Wolf & Cub: Sword of Vengeance is not as polish or technically slick as the samurai films of Akira Kurosawa. Shogun Assassin is a reedit of the first two films in the Lone Wolf film series, mostly using footage from the second one. Three films into this series...three genre masterpieces. The set includes the films Sword of Vengeance, … Picture 7/10. Based on the manga comic books that began publishing in 1970 by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima, Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance … 9. Yoshiyuki Kuroda | 89 min | When the tablet is "discovered" during the murder investigation, its presence condemns Ittō as a traitor and thus he is forced to forfeit his post and is sentenced, along with Daigorō, to commit seppuku. "Daigoro, we have entered the crossroads to Hell." The story concluded in a 1973-76 TV series, also starring the movie cast. Tomisaburô Wakayama, Day of the Demons, 15. They are also known as the Sword of Vengeance series, based on the English-language title of the first film, and later as the Baby Cart series, because young Daigoro travels in a baby carriage pushed by his father. Originating in a manga by writer Kazuo Koike and artist Goseki Kojima, the LONE WOLF & CUB series is one of the definitive Japanese genre creations. The prologue and the first flashback is from volume six. Does not share Kurosawa's eye for the spectacle touch of his samurai pictures. The story of a Ronin (i.e. Gateway Into Winter | Along with his three-year-old son, Daigorō, they seek revenge on the Yagyū clan and are known as "Lone Wolf and Cub". | When Tōgō discovers that he has been tricked and used, he and Daigoro embark on the road of meifumado in a quest to kill the Shogun (which would force Matsudaira out into the open). The Gateless Barrier Ogami Itto, the official Shogunate executioner, has been framed for disloyalty to the Shogunate by the Yagyu clan, against whom he now is waging a one-man war, along with his infant son, Daigoro. The Lone Wolf and Cub movies followed Ogami Ittō (Tomisaburo Wakayama), the official executioner for the shogun. New 2K digital restorations of all six films, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks; High-definition presentation of Shogun Assassin, the 1980 English-dubbed re-edit of the first two Lone Wolf and Cub films; New interview with Kazuo Koike, writer of the Lone Wolf and Cub manga series and screenwriter on five of the films; Lame d'un Pere, l'ame d'un sabre, a 2005 … In October 2012, Dark Horse completed the release of all 28 volumes in digital format, as part of their "Dark Horse Digital" online service. The shogun’s executioner, Itto Ogami (Tomisaburo Wakayama), takes to wandering the countryside as an assassin—along with … High-definition presentation of Shogun Assassin, a 1980 english-dubbed reedit of the first two Lone Wolf and Cub films New interview with Kazuo Koike, writer of the Lone Wolf and Cub manga series and screen writer of five of the films Lame d'un père, l'âme d'un sabre, a 2005 documentary about the making of the series New interview in which Sensei Yoshimitsu … In March 2012, Justin Lin was announced as the director on an American version of Lone Wolf and Cub. Koike stated in an interview that he crafted the comic to be based upon the characters themselves and that the "essential tension between [ Ittō's ] imperative to meet these challenges while keeping his son with him on the journey" drove the story. Tomisaburô Wakayama, 17. Not Rated Disgraced by false accusations from the Yagyū clan, he is forced to take the path of the assassin. The Flute of the Fallen Tiger Also please recommend overly bloody martial arts films . Shingo Yamashiro, Not Rated Lame d'un père, l'âme d'un sabre, a 2005 documentary about the making of the series. | In the sixth and final film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, the final conflict between Ogami Itto and the Yagyu clan is carried out. [14], Lone Wolf and Cub has influenced American comics, most notably Frank Miller in his Sin City and Ronin series. Akiji Kobayashi, R Dark Horse reused all of Miller's covers from the First Comics edition, as well as several done by Sienkiewicz, and commissioned Wagner, Guy Davis, and Vince Locke to produce new covers for several volumes of the collections. The first three films, directed by Kenji Misumi, were released in 1972 and produced by Shintaro Katsu, Tomisaburo Wakayama's brother and the star of the 26 part Zatoichi film series. The collection includes the first six films in the original series, starting with Sword of Vengence and ending with White Heaven in Hell. A Taste of Poison The shogun’s executioner, Itto Ogami (Tomisaburo Wakayama), takes to wandering the countryside as an assassin—along with his infant son Daigoro (Akihiro Tomikawa) and a seemingly infinitely weaponized perambulator—helping … During the initial incursion, an ihai (funeral tablet) with the shōgun's crest on it was placed inside the Ogami family shrine, signifying a supposed wish for the shogun's death. Stars: This new Blu-ray collection from Criterion collects all six original Lone Wolf and Cub films and Shogun Assassin, along with a handful and new and old bonus features in a three-disc boxed set. In ... Western and samurai influences, drawing a connection between our main gunslinger's purpose to the assassin warrior of Lone Wolf and Cub. In 1987, video game manufacturer Nichibutsu released a beat 'em up based on the series named Samurai Assassin. Kayo Matsuo, The influence of Lone Wolf and Cub can be seen in The Mandalorian’s central premise.In the Lone Wolf and Cub manga series (and subsequent film adaptation), a ronin goes on adventures with a small child in tow.. Masterless samurai warriors and Mandalorians have a lot in common. The Lotus Throne. The next three films were produced by Wakayama himself and directed by Buichi Saito, Kenji Misumi and Yoshiyuki Kuroda, released in 1972, 1973, and 1974 respectively. First published in 1970, the story was adapted into six films starring Tomisaburo Wakayama, four plays, a television series starring Kinnosuke Yorozuya, and is widely recognized as an important and influential work. Action, Crime, Drama. "Daigoro, we have entered the crossroads to Hell." 89 min 5. Wandering assassin (and former shogun's executioner) Ogami Itto is again portrayed with … Brothers of the Grass The story finishes with Daigorō taking up Retsudō's broken spear and charging in fury. 81 min The Lone Wolf and Cub film series has its roots in Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima’s manga of the same name, which was itself a major influence on Western cartooning and illustration in the 1980s. Lone Wolf and Cub was initially released in North America in a translated English edition by First Comics in 1987. Cloud Dragon, Wind Tiger, 8. For this two-day marathon presentation, Japan Society screens recent restorations of all six original films in sequential order. The supposed culprits are three former retainers of an abolished clan, avenging the execution of their lord by Ogami Ittō. Votes: 3,413 Based on the best-selling manga series, the six intensely kinetic Lone Wolf and Cub films elevated chanbara to bloody, new heights. Shogun Assassin was compiled from the first two films in the Lone Wolf and Cub series, using 12 minutes of Sword of Vengeance and most of Baby Cart at the River Styx. Below is one scene from the Western recut of the first two films (Shogun Assassin). 7. Top 50 Spaghetti western films according to spaghetti-western.net, Tarantino's 20 favorite spaghetti westerns. First published in 1970, the story was adapted into six films starring Tomisaburo Wakayama, four plays, a television series starring Kinnosuke Yorozuya, and is widely recognized as an important and influential work.[2]. Tomisaburô Wakayama, For those samurai and lords ordered to commit seppuku, the Kogi Kaishakunin assists their deaths by decapitating them to relieve the agony of disembowelment; in this role, he is entitled and empowered to wear the crest of the shogunate, in effect acting in place of the shōgun.[3]. | The inaugural film in the Lone Wolf and Cub series immediately thrust Itto Ogami into the ranks of the all-time great samurai movie icons. Director: Yoshiyuki Kuroda | Stars: Tomisaburô Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa, Junko Hitomi, Gorô Mutsumi. The two soon become enmeshed in a plot by the Shogunate conceived by the ruthless Matsudaira Nobutsuna and spearheaded by his chief henchman Mamiya Rinzō (also based on an actual historical character) to topple the Satsuma clan and assume control of that fiefdom's great wealth, using Tōgō as an unwitting pawn. 2. Lone Wolf and Cub chronicles the story of Ogami Ittō, the shōgun's executioner who uses a dōtanuki battle sword. 19. Lanterns For the Dead In an episode of Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian Favreau acknowledged Lone Wolf and Cub as an influence . This list may not reflect recent changes (). 11. However, Rinzō, who is not only a master of disguise but also Matsudaira's natural son, may have an even more devious plan of his own, including subverting the Shogun's own ninja and using opium to ensnare and enslave the Shogun himself. Stars: Dark Horse completed the presentation of the entire series, fully translated, with the publication of the 28th volume in December 2002. | Sales were initially strong but fell sharply as the company went into a general decline. Kenji Misumi • Starring: Tomisaburo Wakayama , Akihiro Tomikawa , Shingo Yamashiro Action • Based-on-Comics • Based-on-Manga 18. The first three films, directed by Kenji … Many of the stories are written in a non-chronological order, revealing different parts of the narrative at different times. | The other four films were also eventually released stateside, though similarly burdened with sporadic edits, new titles and butchered audio. | 16. Refusing to kill themselves and fighting free from their house imprisonment, father and son begin wandering the country as "demons"—the assassin-for-hire team that becomes known as "Lone Wolf and Cub", vowing to destroy the Yagyū clan to avenge Azami's death and Ittō's disgrace. | Black Wind 1. For example, Ogami's betrayal is not revealed until the end of the first volume, after many stories have already passed. 81 min 4. The last duel between Ogami Ittō and Yagyū Retsudō runs 178 pages—one of the longest single fight-scenes ever published in comics. When the Shogun’s assassin Ogami Ittō is betrayed by his own clan, he and his only surviving relative, his one year old son, hit the road to revenge. The other four films were also eventually released stateside, though similarly burdened with sporadic edits, new titles and butchered audio. The Moon In Our Hearts Special Features. We couldn’t help but think of Lone Wolf and Cub, writer Kazuo Koike and artist Goseki Kojima’s manga series. The Criterion Collection gathers together all six Lone Wolf and Cub films into a new three-disc Blu-ray box set, presenting all of the films in their original aspect ratio of 2.35:1 and spread evenly across the first two dual-layer discs, three films on each disc (the third disc is devoted entirely to special features). The great success of the films ensured that it was a long road indeed. 28. High-definition presentation of Shogun Assassin, a 1980 English-dubbed reedit of the first two Lone Wolf and Cub films. Here we … Action, Adventure, Drama. Starting in May 2013, Dark Horse began publishing their translated editions of Lone Wolf and Cub in value-priced Omnibus editions. 84 min Lone Wolf and Cub #5 Directed by Kenji Misumi • 1973 • Japan. The Criterion Collection gathers together all six Lone Wolf and Cub films into a new three-disc Blu-ray box set, presenting all of the films in their original aspect ratio of 2.35:1 and spread evenly across the first two dual-layer discs, three films on each disc (the third disc is devoted entirely to special features). Tomisaburô Wakayama, This series also introduces non-Japanese characters into the plotlines. A total of six Lone Wolf and Cub films starring Tomisaburo Wakayama as Ogami Ittō and Tomikawa Akihiro as Daigoro have been produced based on the manga. Twilight of the Kurokuwa Dark Horse announced at the 2006 New York Comic Con that they had licensed Shin Lone Wolf & Cub, Kazuo Koike and Hideki Mori's follow-up to Lone Wolf and Cub, starring Ogami Itto's son Daigoro, the famous child in the baby cart. The game was only released in arcades. Lone Wolf and Cub is one of the most highly regarded manga due to its epic scope, detailed historical accuracy, masterful artwork and nostalgic recollection of the bushido ethos. Each holds a part of information needed to complete the assassination of a mad clan leader. 25. [20], The Disney+ Star Wars web series, The Mandalorian, has a plotline influenced by Lone Wolf and Cub, with the titular character guarding a child of the same race as Yoda while being besieged by bounty hunters, and others. The shogun’s executioner, Itto Ogami (Tomisaburo Wakayama), takes to wandering the countryside as an assassin—along with his infant son Daigoro (Akihiro Tomikawa) and a seemingly infinitely weaponized perambulator—helping those he encounters … Stars: Unless the remaining entries take a shocking nosedive in quality, I'm beginning to think the Lone Wolf and Cub movies may end up being my favorite film series of all time. Isao Yamagata, Not Rated When the Shogun’s assassin Ogami Ittō is betrayed by his own clan, he and his only surviving relative, his one year old son, hit the road to revenge. Here’s the trailer for Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (the first film). I mention this because there are many versions of the Lone Wolf and Cub series; it was has been reproduced for television in the 1970's with the same director (Kenji Misumi) but different actors than the series of full length films and again in early 2000 with a completely different cast and crew. By 1990, many libraries understood the rise of graphic novels as a medium. Lone Wolf and Cub, also known as Shogun Assassin, has been adapted into five feature length Jidaigeki films from 1972-1980 starring Tomisaburo Wakayama as the outlawed Samurai executioner Ogami Ito. [7] In this new series, which picks up immediately after the climactic battle of the original series, the bodies of Ogami Itto and Yagyu Retsudo are left lying on the beach with Daigoro left alone standing over his father's body (since no one, for political reasons, dares to bury either body or take charge of Daigoro). Lone Wolf and Cub Based on the best-selling manga series, the six intensely kinetic Lone Wolf and Cub films elevated chanbara to bloody new heights. Chains of Death Yoichi Hayashi, Tomisaburô Wakayama, It was released in 1980, eight years after the originals and found itself embroiled in the UK’s video nasty panic. $2.99. Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons 1973, 89 min. Stars: This is one of the most famous of the films, as it was sold overseas as “Sword Of Vengeance”, with no reference to Lone Wolf and Cub… Here is a teaser for the movie: The second film, “BABY CART AT THE RIVER STYX” , sees Ogami stalked by a deadly female ninja as he attempts to assassinate a spy from the Shogunate. Adapted from the mega popular manga series, the Lone Wolf and Cub films are Japanese genre filmmaking at its bloody best, each entry replete with bold visual style and brilliant action choreography. Battle's Eve Balancing physical action with Buddhist musings on life and death, the most spiritual of the LONE WOLF AND CUB films finds Ogami's combat skills put to the test by five different warrior-messengers. The series was co-produced by Union Motion Picture Co, Ltd. (ユニオン映画) and Studio Ship (スタジオシップ), a company formed by manga author Kazuo Koike, and originally aired on Nippon TV in Japan. 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