Release OrderRecommended
0 / 8 watchedThe six originals in release order, then the American recut and the 1993 remake as extras.
The original series (1972-1974)
- 1 Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance Kenji Misumi directs. Ogami Itto is framed and takes to the road with Daigoro.
- 2 Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx Misumi again. A female ninja clan and the killers called the Gods of Death.
- 3 Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades Misumi's third. Tortured by yakuza to save a prostitute, then hired to kill a chamberlain.
- 4 Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril Buichi Saito directs. Tattooed assassin Oyuki and a duel with the Yagyu heir.
- 5 Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons Misumi returns. Five warriors hold pieces of a fee and a secret.
- 6 Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell Yoshiyuki Kuroda directs the final duel with the Yagyu.
Extras
- 7 Shogun Assassin American recut of the first two films, dubbed with new narration. Skip if you watched the originals.
- 8 Lone Wolf and Cub: Final Conflict TV-movie remake with Masakazu Tamura as Ogami. Same story, new cast.
The Shogun Assassin Path
0 / 5 watchedStart with the American cut, then continue with the uncut originals from film three onward.
- 1 Shogun Assassin Covers the story of films one and two in one dubbed sitting.
- 2 Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
- 3 Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
- 4 Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
- 5 Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell Ends the story. Do not stop at film five.
About Lone Wolf and Cub
Ogami Itto, framed shogunate executioner, wanders Japan with his infant son Daigoro across six films released between 1972 and 1974.
Tomisaburo Wakayama plays Ogami in all six, and the story ends on screen, so release order is the whole guide.
Good to know
Shogun Assassin (1980) recuts the first two films for American audiences, so skip it if you watch the originals. The manga by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima runs much longer than the films, which close the story on their own terms.
