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Lone Wolf And Cub: Father, Son, Sword (Arrow Books)
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The gripping saga of former shogunate executioner Itto Ogami and his son Daigoro, better known as Lone Wolf and Cub. Betrayed and exiled by the treacherous Yagyu clan, they wander feudal Japan as assassins on the road to hell.
An epic, multi million-selling manga that spanned six years and nearly 9000 pages. A longrunning television series that is one of the staples of Japanese broadcasting. And six ferocious, inimitable films that are among the best that Japanese cinema has to offer. More than 40 years after they were made, these films continue to fascinate and enthral viewers the world over.
Lone Wolf and Cub and the Baby Cart films are among the true classics of Japanese pop culture. Read and watched all across the globe, they inspired countless filmmakers, comic book artists, and writers, including Quentin Tarantino, Frank Miller, John Carpenter, John Woo, and Takashi Miike.
Written by Japanese film expert Tom Mes, Father, Son, Sword is the full story behind the films, the manga, and the phenomenon Lone Wolf and Cub.
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- Amount of pages: 163
- Arrow Books
Lone Wolf And Cub: Father, Son, Sword (Arrow Books)
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A$31.99
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The gripping saga of former shogunate executioner Itto Ogami and his son Daigoro, better known as Lone Wolf and Cub. Betrayed and exiled by the treacherous Yagyu clan, they wander feudal Japan as assassins on the road to hell.
An epic, multi million-selling manga that spanned six years and nearly 9000 pages. A longrunning television series that is one of the staples of Japanese broadcasting. And six ferocious, inimitable films that are among the best that Japanese cinema has to offer. More than 40 years after they were made, these films continue to fascinate and enthral viewers the world over.
Lone Wolf and Cub and the Baby Cart films are among the true classics of Japanese pop culture. Read and watched all across the globe, they inspired countless filmmakers, comic book artists, and writers, including Quentin Tarantino, Frank Miller, John Carpenter, John Woo, and Takashi Miike.
Written by Japanese film expert Tom Mes, Father, Son, Sword is the full story behind the films, the manga, and the phenomenon Lone Wolf and Cub.
PAPERBACK
- Amount of pages: 163
- Arrow Books
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Lone Wolf and cub father son sword
Interesting essay with many production details - didn’t agree with the main premise that it is an anti- warrior archetype or was an indictment against Bushido. If anything it was an indictment about the government that used bushido to maintain warriors under their thumb in the Edo period. Still intersting perspective if a bit a skewed
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