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WOLVERINE

Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 31, 2017
¡®Logan¡¯ director takes Wolverine character in unexpected new direction
There¡¯s a scene in ¡°Logan¡± ¡ª the latest addition to the ¡°X-Men¡± franchise ¡ª where an aged, ailing Professor X (Patrick Stewart) exhorts Logan, aka Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), to open his mind to the possibility of a normal human existence, with a family to love and care for.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 5, 2013
Director James Mangold puts soul into Wolverine¡¯s demons
¡°The Wolverine¡± may look like just another in a long line of superhero movies to hit the screen this year ¡ª it¡¯s the latest installment in Marvel¡¯s ¡°X-Men¡± franchise ¡ª but it¡¯s certainly the first one directed by a guy who cites director Yasujiro Ozu of ¡°Tokyo Monogatari (Tokyo Story)¡± fame as an...
CULTURE / Film
Sep 5, 2013
¡®The Wolverine¡¯ draws from other Hollywood hits set in Japan
Director James Mangold has claimed Japanese film influences on his Marvel comic adaptation ¡°The Wolverine,¡± including Akira Kurosawa¡¯s 1957 film ¡°Kumonosu-jo (The Throne of Blood).¡± But the film, in which Hugh Jackman¡¯s immortal Wolverine character comes to Japan, falls in love with a local beauty and...
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