Lone Wolf and Cub is the greatest comicbook to movie adaption of all time. The original graphic novel was released in Japan in the early 1970s. By the end of the decade the movie series had been created. Shogun Assassin, the final movie in the series is one of my all time favorite flicks.
You normally can’t make a great graphic novel series into a singular feature film (see Watchmen) and the Lone Wolf and Cub films numbered a half dozen. Shogun Assassin was like a compilation of the six previous flicks. It stands alone because the story arc of revenge only requires a lot of bloodshed. Believe me there will be blood.
In the 1980s First Comics company started reprinting the original manga (Japanese serial comics) but they fell off before the reprinting was complete.
Dark Horse Comics picked up the licensing from First Comics and reprinted the entire series.
The added value was that the Dark Horse series also used the Frank Miller and Bill Sienkewicz commissioned covers for the books.
real talk! Lone Wolf and Cub… mann.. takes me back. I copped every one of those dark horse reissues with the quickness, the Frank Miller covers were just icing.
Dallas, u keep bringing it back! Shooooot.
Sand niggas I mean sand ninjas..wow.the chick that jump out of her fucking clothes and ran backwarBut tf.But cub and his stroller was no joke plus he like beautiful nipples, like me he learned the game early!!!stay warm!!! Hail Meg !!
She ran backwards!! Smfh. Fucking phones.
Hmm I’m getting that
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shogun assassin was an mixup of the first two okami flicks. rapid eye movies (germany) released a box set with all six parts and special artwork.classic.
and the tv series couldn’t mess with them flicks at all.
Got the whollllle dvd series. Choose the ball and choose death.
I dint realize until last year that the flick ‘Shogun Assassin’ was a compilation. That must be the GOAT of movie editing.