Episode 318 - Lone Wolf and Cub

History of Japan

Isaac Meyer

Japan, History, Japanese

4.8 • 744 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2019

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

This week, we're talking about one of the greatest cheesy samurai film franchises of all time. Just how did a series of films about one man and his baby mowing down legions of opponents become a pop culture legend? The story of how Lone Wolf and Cub became one of the greatest samurai film franchises ever is our final episode of 2019.

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0:00.0	This week's episode is brought to you by Audible.
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0:28.2	slash Japan to claim your offer. This week I'm going to recommend The Disaster Artist,
0:34.7	My Life Inside the Room, The Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made, by Greg
0:39.0	Sistero.
0:40.8	The Room is something of a legend among people who like bad movies.
0:44.6	It is probably the worst film I've ever seen, but also enormously entertaining to watch
0:49.7	with the right crowd.
0:51.3	If you're wondering how such a travesty could get made, well, the story is pretty
0:55.5	crazy, and Greg Sesterro, who plays one of the leads, tells everything he remembers in this
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1:10.0	your copy.
1:34.6	Hello and welcome to the History of Japan podcast, episode 318, Lone Wolf and Cub.
1:42.7	So it's our final episode of 2019, and yes, it's the final episode I'll be taking next week off,
1:45.6	because after that, we're going to be starting a two-parter,
1:50.2	and I didn't really want to start one part, take a week off, and then come back.
1:53.0	So next week is going to be my holiday break.
1:58.2	And I figured this was a chance to do something fun, interesting, a little unusual,
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