The originator of the trope is Lone Wolf and Cub, an iconic manga series that was adapted into a classic movie franchise. The series revolves around shÅ gun’s executioner Ogami IttÅ , who ...

Fourth film in the Lone Wolf and Cub series. Ogami is hired to kill a tattooed female assassin. Gunbei Yagyu, an enemy samurai, happens upon Ogami's son, and sees his chance for revenge.