Special Features

High-definition presentation of Shogun Assassin, a 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 screen writer of 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 the ones depicted in the manga and films New interview with biographer Kazuma Nozawa abouat Kenji Misumi, director of four of the six films Silent documentary from 1937 about the making of samurai swords, with an optional new ambient score by Ryan Francis Trailers