The Wolverine

Movie Details:

Cast & Characters:

• Hugh Jackman as Logan
• Tao Okamoto as Mariko
• Rila Fukushima as Yukio
• Hiroyuki Sanada as Shingen
• Svetlana Khodchenkova as Viper
• Brian Tee as Noburo
• Hal Yamanouchi as Yashida
• Will Yun Lee as Harada
• Ken Yamamura as Young Yashida
• Famke Janssen as Jean Grey
• Nobutaka Aoyagi as Security
• Seiji Funamoto as Servant
• Shinji Ikefuji as Pock-Face
• Qyoko Kudo as Aya
• Nobuaki Kakuda as Buddhist Priest
• Chiharu Mizuno as Old Woman
• Takao Kinoshita as Fruit Cart Vendor
• Conrad Coleby as Red Beard
• Taris Tyler as Bar Man (Red Beard’s Friend)
• Sarah Naylor-Liddell as Yukon Bar Patron
• Joshua Remilton as Yukon Bar Patron / Man Near Bar
• Andy Owens as Yukon Bar Patron
• Allan Poppleton as Yukon Bar Patron
• Geoff Burke as Bartender
• Yasuyo Shiba as Reporter 1
• Mai Ishikawa as Reporter 2
• Yaeko Kimura as Mieko
• Ryuta Kimura as Hitoshi
• Briden Starr as Party Girl 1
• Maria Lukasheva as Party Girl 2
• Tess Haubrich as Cashier
• Taki Abe as Japanese Businessman
• William Takayanagi-Temm as Tower Guard
• Kuni Hashimoto as Lead Officer
• Chikashi Higaki-Linzbichler as Senior Officer at POW Camp
• Shingo Usami as Driver
• Naoya Ogawa as Yakuza 1
• Atsushi Sawada as Yakuza 2
• Takashi Matsuyama as Yakuza 3
• Masa Yamaguchi as Yakuza 4
• Eric Laciste as Yakuza 5 (as J. Eric Laciste)
• Hideki Sugiguchi as Yakuza 6
• Garret Sato as Dying Yakuza (as Garret T. Sato)
• Kosuke Masano as Army Officer 1
• Yoji Tatsuta as Army Officer 2
• Yoshinori Fukushige as Train Commuter
• Hiroshi Kasuga as Yashida Security Guard
• Yumiko Nakamura as Mariko Staff
• Kimi as Saki
• Keiko Matsumoto as Shizu
• Louis Toshio Okada as Pat Down Guy

Storyline:

In modern day Japan, Wolverine is out of his depth in an unknown world as he faces his ultimate nemesis in a life-or-death battle that will leave him forever changed. Vulnerable for the first time and pushed to his physical and emotional limits, he confronts not only lethal samurai steel but also his inner struggle against his own near-immortality, emerging more powerful than we have ever seen him before.—Twentieth Century Fox

About Movie:

The Wolverine is a superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character Wolverine. It is the sixth installment in the X-Men film series, the second installment in the trilogy of Wolverine films after X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), and a spin-off/sequel to X-Men: The Last Stand (2006).

Directed by James Mangold from a screenplay written by Scott Frank and Mark Bomback, based on the 1982 limited series Wolverine by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller, it stars Hugh Jackman as Logan / Wolverine, alongside Rila Fukushima, Tao Okamoto, Hiroyuki Sanada, Famke Janssen, and Will Yun Lee.

The film’s development began in 2009 after the release of X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Christopher McQuarrie was hired to write a screenplay for The Wolverine in August 2009. In October 2010, Darren Aronofsky was hired to direct the film. The project was delayed following Aronofsky’s departure and the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in March 2011. In June 2011, Mangold was brought on board to replace Aronofsky.

Bomback was then hired to rewrite the screenplay in September 2011. The supporting characters were cast in July 2012 with principal photography beginning at the end of the month around New South Wales before moving to Tokyo in August 2012 and back to New South Wales in October 2012. The film was converted to 3D in post-production.

The Wolverine was released by 20th Century Fox in various international markets on July 24, 2013, and in the United States two days later. It received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for its action sequences, production design, Jackman’s performance, and thematic profundity, though criticism was directed towards the climax. The film earned $414 million worldwide, making it the fifth-highest-grossing film in the series.

An unrated extended cut of the film referred to as the “Unleashed Extended Edition” was released on Blu-ray, featuring more blood and violence, extended action scenes, as well as additional footage during moments of character interaction. A third film titled Logan was released on March 3, 2017.

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