Lone Wolf And Cub - The Criterion Collection

The Cult Classic, Six-Film Series Based on the Internationally Best-Selling Japanese Manga Comics. Includes: SWORD OF VENGEANCE, BABY CART AT THE RIVER STYX, BABY CART TO HADES, BABY CART IN PERIL, BABY CART IN THE LAND OF DEMONS, WHITE HEAVEN IN HELL. 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 an 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 and unbelievably violent action sequences as well as for its tender depiction of the bonds between parent and child.SPECIAL EDITION BOX SET FEATURES:New 2K digital restorations of all six films, with uncompressed monaural soundtracksHigh-definition presentation of Shogun Assassin, the 1980 English-dubbed re-edit of the first two Lone Wolf and Cub filmsNew interview with Kazuo Koike, writer of the Lone Wolf and Cub manga series and screenwriter on five of the filmsLame d'un père, l'âme d'un sabre, a 2005 documentary about the making of the seriesNew interview in which Sensei Yoshimitsu Katsuse discusses and demonstrates the real Suio-ryu sword techniques that inspired those in the manga and filmsNew interview with biographer Kazuma Nozawa about filmmaker Kenji Misumi, director of four of the six Lone Wolf and Cub filmsSilent documentary from 1937 about the making of samurai swords, with an optional new ambient score by Ryan FrancisTrailersNew English subtitle translationsPLUS: A booklet featuring an essay and film synopses by Japanese pop culture writer Patrick Macias