Shogun Assassin

In a time of evil and tyranny, a stone-faced ronin wanders the countryside with his young son (and a weapon-filled baby cart), hunted by the merciless minions of an evil Shogun. Once a noble samurai, he is now the most feared assassin in Japan, known only as Lone Wolf. Starring the legendary Tomisaburo Wakayama, "Shogun Assassin" is perhaps the most famous samurai film in the Western world. Created by editing together the first two Kozure Ookami ("Lone Wolf & Cub") films, "Shogun Assassin" has sliced through pop culture much like the Lone Wolf slices through evildoers, influencing everything from GZA's 1995 "Liquid Swords" album to Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill Volume 2". A quarter-century after its initial release, it remains one of the most deliriously violent and action-packed films of all time! Now available for the first time in North America, Academy Award(R)-winning director Robert Houston's legendary epic has been reconstructed for this official release from new digital transfers of the original "Lone Wolf & Cub" films.

Program Notes, Daigoro's History Lesson, Restoration Gallery, Original Theatrical Trailers.

Dubbed in English, Warning: Contains Violence, Nudity and Extremely Hypertensive Villains.