Eureka Edition. Out Of Print. Japanese Movie
Tomisaburo Wakayama (Actor), Akihiro Tomikawa (Actor), Kenji MISUMI (Director), Buichi SAITO (Director)

Contents: DISC 1 - SWORD OF VENGEANCE (1972, Kenji MISUMI) 84 minutes DISC 2 - BABY CART AT THE RIVER STYX (1972, Kenji MISUMI) 82 minutes DISC 3 - BABY CART TO HADES (1972, Kenji MISUMI) 89 minutes DISC 4 - BABY CART IN PERIL (1972, Buichi SAITO) 81 minutes DISC 5 - BABY CART IN THE LAND OF DEMONS (1973, Kenji MISUMI) 90 minutes DISC 6 - WHITE HEAVEN IN HELL (1974, Yoshiyuki KURODA) 84 minutes DISC 7 - SHOGUN ASSASSIN (1980, Robert Houston) 86 minutes At last... the riveting, bloody, and ultra-stylish Lone Wolf and Cub series, together with the classic Shogun Assassin (all based on the perennially popular manga by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima) available together in one boxset, officially licenced from Toho, fully uncut, and freshly remastered. Filled with memorable set pieces, iconic characters and violent action, this series more than lives up to its reputation as a pinnacle of Japanese exploitation cinema whose musings on the meaning of honour in a lawless world still resonate today. In White Heaven In Hell alone, Ogami Itt kills 150 people onscreen, the highest body count for a single character in a single film in cinema history. In America, the first two Lone Wolf instalments were re-edited into the legendary Shogun Assassin, the film that single-handedly created legions of new fans of Japanese action cinema upon its release. Originally prosecuted as a video nasty in the 1980s, this hugely influential thrill-ride is presented here along with the original Lone Wolf and Cub series, gorgeously remastered in their original aspect ratio. SPECIAL FEATURES: Freshly remastered, anamorphic, original aspect ratio transfers Newly translated optional English subtitles Original Japanese theatrical trailers for each film Liner notes for each film by Japanese film scholar Tom Mes (midnighteye.com)