The Wolverine is a 2013 American superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character Wolverine. The film, distributed by 20th Century Fox, is the sixth installment in the X-Men film series. Hugh Jackman reprises his role from previous films as the title character, with James Mangold directing a screenplay written by Scott Frank and Mark Bomback, with uncredited parts by Christopher McQuarrie, based on the 1982 limited series Wolverine by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller.
In the film, which follows 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 immortality, Wolverine must battle deadly samurai as well as his inner demons.
Cast
Hugh Jackman as Logan/Wolverine
Tao Okamoto as Mariko Yashida
Rila Fukushima as Yukio
Svetlana Khodchenkova as Ophelia Sarkissian/Viper
Will Yun Lee as Kenuichio Harada
Hiroyuki Sanada as Shingen Yashida
Hal Yamanouchi as Ichiro Yashida/Silver Samurai
Ken Yamamura as young Ichiro Yashida
Brian Tee as Norubo Mori
Famke Janssen as Jean Grey
Patrick Stewart as Charles Xavier/Professor X
Ian McKellen as Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto
