Lone Wolf and Cub

 

Year: 1972 | 1973 | 1974

Time: 83 | 81 | 89 | 81 | 89 | 83 min.

 

Series: The Criterion Collection

Edition #: 841

Release Date: Tuesday, 08 November 2016

MSRP: $99.95

 

Blu-ray

3 Discs

2.40:1

2.40:1

2.40:1

2.40:1

2.40:1

2.40:1

Japanese PCM Mono 1.0

Japanese PCM Mono 1.0

Japanese PCM Mono 1.0

Japanese PCM Mono 1.0

Japanese PCM Mono 1.0

Japanese PCM Mono 1.0

Subtitles: English

Region A

 

 High-definition presentation of Shogun Assassin, the 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 screenwriter on 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 those in the manga and films   New interview with biographer Kazuma Nozawa about filmmaker Kenji Misumi, director of four of the six Lone Wolf and Cub films   Silent documentary from 1937 about the making of samurai swords, with an optional new ambient score by Ryan Francis   Trailers   A booklet featuring an essay and film synopses by Japanese pop culture writer Patrick Macias