![]() ![]() They’ve now become my new obsession.īased on the long-running manga series of the same name, the six classic Lone Wolf and Cub films were shot between 1972 – 1974 and feature Itto Ogami (Tomisaburo Wakayama) an executioner for the Shogun, who is betrayed by his own clan and framed for treason. The episode is also a loving homage to the Lone Wolf and Cub series of films, which also centre on the journey of a sword-wielding father and child during the Edo period of Japan – something I was completely unaware of until Lone Wolf and Cub was announced for a lavish re-issue by Criterion this month. It’s a perfect episode full of warmth and pathos, and through Bob and Louise’s shared love of these old samurai movies, we explore the deepening relationship between the pair. The hopeful duo finally succeed by holding a screening of a 70s martial arts film (the ‘Hawk and Chick’ of the metatextual title), which stars the estranged father and daughter as a pair of nomadic samurai tied together by a familial bond of vengeance. ‘Hawk and Chick’ features Bob and his rabbit-hatted daughter Louise working together to reconcile an ageing Japanese actor with his own long-lost daughter. There’s an episode of Bob’s Burgers that I dearly love, perhaps a tiny bit more than all the others. An epic journey through all six movies, featuring samurai cinema’s most hyper-violent and touchingly depicted father and son duo. We take an in-depth look at Lone Wolf and Cub.
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