Lone Wolf and Cub [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray] [3 Discs]

Criterion Collection (3Pc)

Overview

"Based on the best-selling manga series, the six intensely kinetic Lone Wolf and Cub films elevated chanbara to bloody new heights. 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 while seeking vengeance for his murdered wife. Delivering stylish thrills and a body count that defies belief, Lone Wolf and Cub is beloved for its brilliantly choreographed action sequences as well as its tender depiction of the bonds between a parent and a child. Films in this set: Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972) Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972) Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (1972) Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril (1972) Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons (1973) Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell (1974)"

Product Details

Release Date:	11/08/2016
UPC:	0715515188517
Original Release:	2016
Rating:	NR
Source:	Criterion Collection
Region Code:	A
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	9:31:00

Special Features

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 Katsuse discusses and demonstrates the real Suio-ryu sword techniques that inspired the ones depicted in the manga and films; New interview with biographer Kazuma Nozawa abouat Kenji Misumi, director of four of the six films; Silent documentary from 1937 about the making of samurai swords, with an optional new ambient score by Ryan Francis; Trailers