Editing The Wolverine (Movie)

The Wolverine is a 2013 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. Following the events of X-Men: The Last Stand, Logan travels to Japan, where he engages an old acquaintance in a struggle that has lasting consequences. Stripped of his healing powers, Wolverine must battle deadly samurai while struggling with guilt over Jean Grey's death.

==Appearances==

* Hugh Jackman as Logan / [[Wolverine]]: A mutant, whose prodigious healing abilities and adamantium infused skeleton combine to make him virtually immortal.
* Hiroyuki Sanada as [[Shingen Harada (Earth-616) | Shingen Harada]]: Ichirō's son as well as Mariko's father and corporate rival, who is proficient in kendo.
* Tao Okamoto as [[Mariko Yashida]]: Ichirō's granddaughter, whose life becomes threatened as a result of her grandfather's will.
* [[Rila Fukushima]] as [[Yukio (Earth-616) | Yukio]]: A mutant who has precognitive abilities and one of the deadliest assassins in Ichirō's clan.
* Svetlana Khodchenkova as Viper: A mutant, who has an immunity to toxins.
* [[Brian Tee]] as Noburo: A corrupt minister of justice, who is engaged to Mariko.
* Haruhiko Yamanouchi as Yashida: Shingen's father, Mariko's grandfather and the founder of Yashida Industries, a powerful technology zaibatsu.
* Ken Yamamura portrays young Yashida when saved by Logan during the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
* Will Yun Lee as Harada: A former lover of Mariko and head of the Black Ninja Clan, sworn to protect the Yashida family.


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