This epic masterpiece is the original formula I try to live up to as a visual/martial artist; VA + MA = LW&C.
I've learned so much about martial arts and visual arts from reading Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima's manga that they have joined my personal canon of influence that includes, amongst others, Walt Whitman, Sugar Ray Robinson, Jean Vigo, and Bruce Lee. It's most definitely one of those works of art I would take with me on a deserted island. A writer once said about "The Catcher in the Rye" that it is one of those books that should be reread every 10 years in a person's life" because it yields different perspectives that speak to your life at each stage. Lone Wolf & Cub is one of those books too.
Check out this interview Frank Miller did with the dynamic creative duo here.
Not sure if Zhang Yimou (director of Hero) is a fan of LW&C but I'd like to think the scene in Hero where Jet Li and Donnie Yen stand before each other in silence, meditating upon the best strategy to defeat one another might have been influenced by "The Headless Sakon" storyline scenes in this post above and below.
See more of "The Headless Sakon" scenes and the fight scene from Hero by clicking below.
See more of "The Headless Sakon" scenes and the fight scene from Hero by clicking below.
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