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Lone Wolf and Cub (Japanese: 子連れ狼, Hepburn: Kozure Ōkami, "Wolf taking along his child") is a Japanese manga series created by writer Kazuo Koike and artist Goseki Kojima. It was serialized in Futabasha 's Seinen manga magazine Weekly Manga Action from September 1970 to April 1976, with its chapters collected in 28 tankōbon volumes.
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- Baby Cart in Peril' (1972) Most Lone Wolf and Cub movies are fairly lean when it comes to runtime, but the fourth film in the series, Baby Cart in Peril, is a particularly brisk 81 minutes.
- Sword of Vengeance' (1972) The first movie in the series, Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance, is among the greatest of all old-school action movies, feeling like it's aged very little in 50+ years.
- Baby Cart at the River Styx' (1972) As a ranking of Lone Wolf and Cub movies goes on, it gets more and more difficult to pick a top film of the bunch.
- Baby Cart to Hades' (1972) Believe it or not, the four best Lone Wolf and Cub movies were the ones that were all released in 1972.
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 ...
Aug 23, 1973 · Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance: Directed by Kenji Misumi. With Tomisaburô Wakayama, Fumio Watanabe, Gô Katô, Tomoko Mayama. The story of a Ronin (i.e. a masterless samurai) who wanders the countryside of Japan with his small child, having various adventures.
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- Kenji Misumi
- 1973-08-23
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades. 19721h 29mR. 7.5 (5.7K) Rate. Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by the yakuza to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain. Director Kenji Misumi Stars Tomisaburô Wakayama Gô Katô Yûko Hama. 4.
Lone Wolf and Cub: With Kin'ya Kitaôji, Tsubasa Kobayashi, Yoshiko Tokoshima, Kyôko Kishida. Former Shogunate Decapitator Ogami Itto travels around 18th century Japan, accompanied by his young son Daigoro, on a mission to destroy the clan that murdered his wife and disgraced him.
Aug 18, 2017 · Lone Wolf and Cub (子連れ狼) is based on a manga series created by writer Kazuo Koike and artist Goseki Kojima, first published in 1970. The story spans 28 volumes, with more than 300 pages in each book. Lone Wolf and Cub is one of the most highly regarded manga, selling more than 8 million copies in Japan.
