In an interview with Total Film, Jackman said he considered The Wolverine to be a standalone picture rather than a sequel, "The approach to character means we won't be overloaded with mutants and teams and the like, so it'll be more character-based." It fits in line with Wolverine's nature to be a loner, and this is as far away as he's ever been from the rest of the series. It's a far cry from any of the X-Men movies thus far, and in some ways, that's for the best. Instead, characters say "talents" or "your kind". Other than that, the word "mutant" is barely mentioned. It's a lot of intrigue, but at least it doesn't involve mutants outside of Yukio's ability to see how people will die and the nefarious Viper ( Svetlana Khodchenkova), who can shed her skin and spit acidic venom. Then the Yakuza comes in and everything goes to hell. All of this spirals out of control when Yashida "dies", his granddaughter Mariko ( Tao Okamoto) is bequeathed control of Yashida's mega-corporation, which in turn pisses off her father Shingen ( Hiroyuki Sanada). But it also turns out that Yashida wants to pitch Wolverine on a trade: Logan gets to live "an ordinary life" and Yashida gets Logan's immortality. He reluctantly travels to Japan when Yukio ( Rila Fukushima) informs him that her employer, an elderly Yashida ( Haruhiko Yamanouchi), wants to thank Logan for saving his life. ![]() In short: refusing to shave, drinking (is it possible for Wolverine to get drunk?), living in caves, and being haunted by Jean's memory. The Wolverine serves as both a second spin-off and a sequel as we see what has been up to since he was forced to kill Jean Grey ( Famke Janssen) at the end of X-Men: The Last Stand.
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