![]() ![]() ![]() Part of the series's appeal lies in the revenge story, but the series has also been hailed for its depiction of Edo society and a study of samurai philosophy. The series charts the long road to revenge for Ogami Itto and his son, Daigoro, against Yagyu Retsudo, the man responsible for the death of Ogami's wife. In the past few years, there have been rumblings in Hollywood of remaking it as an English language film, or of it becoming another TV show based on comics, and Dark Horse has even re-imagined it as the series Lone Wolf 2100. RELATED: Lone Wolf and Cub Writer Passes Away The series has been collected in the US by First Comics, Dark Horse Comics, and Penguin Books, influencing US comic creators like Frank Miller and Max Allan Collins. In its home country it sold millions of copies, spawned six films, four plays, and a television show. Lone Wolf and Cub-written by Kazuo Koike and illustrated by Goseki Kojima-was hugely influential. Manga has long been imitated and none more so than Lone Wolf and Cub, one of many acclaimed historical manga. ![]()
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