Directed by Kenji Misumi • 1972 • Japan

The inaugural film in the LONE WOLF AND CUB series immediately thrust Itto Ogami into the ranks of the all-time great samurai movie icons. In this installment, the Shadow Yagyu clan plots to solidify its power by taking Ogami's coveted position of shogun's...

Lone Wolf and Cub #2
Directed by Kenji Misumi • 1972 • Japan

In this exploitation-cinema classic, which took the action and graphic violence of the LONE WOLF AND CUB series to delirious new heights, Itto Ogami and Daigoro continue their quest for vengeance through meifumado, the spiritual way of...

Lone Wolf and Cub #3
Directed by Kenji Misumi • 1972 • Japan

Unfolding in an idyllic countryside that contrasts sharply with the violence that occurs within it, the third LONE WOLF AND CUB film follows Itto Ogami and Daigoro as they continue their journey and stumble upon a crime scene involving...

Lone Wolf and Cub #4
Directed by Buichi Saito • 1972 • Japan

In this distinctly lowbrow entry in the LONE WOLF AND CUB series, Itto Ogami is hired by the Owari clan to assassinate a tattooed woman who is killing her enemies and cutting off their topknots. Meanwhile, Daigoro is separated from his...

Lone Wolf and Cub #5
Directed by Kenji Misumi • 1973 • Japan

Balancing physical action with Buddhist musings on life and death, the most spiritual of the LONE WOLF AND CUB films finds Ogami's combat skills put to the test by five different warrior-messengers.

Lone Wolf and Cub #6
Directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda • 1974 • Japan

In the final LONE WOLF AND CUB film, star Tomisaburo Wakayama decided to make the sort of wild movie he'd always wanted to: one in which Lone Wolf battles zombies and Daigoro's baby cart zips improbably across an icy landscape on s...