Inoue's LONE WOLF AND CUB: FINAL CONFLICT To Be Remade In English Next Year
Growing up in the 70’s and 80’s with an affinity for Asian cinema, it’s understandable to share fandom with Koike Kazuo’s 1970 manga franchise, Lone Wolf And Cub, which later grew to fruition in film and television, as well as on stage. Produced from 1972 through 1974, six films were made starring Wakayama Tomisaburo as the Shogun’s executioner, Ogami Itto, who journeys the land with his only son to avenge his family and redeem himself following his disgrace at the hands of a rival clan. The manga franchise itself took on new life in different interpretations thereafter, including a 1993 retelling from Zatoichi TV series helmer Inoue Akira in the form of Lone Wolf And Cub: Final Conflict. That film is now the subject of an English-language remake from producer Steven Paul over at SP International Pictures who have now attained its remake and sequel rights from Koike Kazuo Gekiga […]