Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
In this first film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, adapted from the manga by Kazuo Koike, we are told the story of the Lone Wolf and Cub's origin. Ogami Itto, the official Shogunate executioner, has been framed for disloyalty to the Shogunate by the Yagyu clan, against whom he now is waging a one-man war, along with his infant son, Daigoro.
Synopsis
In this first film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, adapted from the manga by Kazuo Koike, we are told the story of the Lone Wolf and Cub's origin. Ogami Itto, the official Shogunate executioner, has been framed for disloyalty to the Shogunate by the Yagyu clan, against whom he now is waging a one-man war, along with his infant son, Daigoro.
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Cast
Directed by Kenji Misumi
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Ogami Itto
Fumio Watanabe
Bizennokami Yagyû
Tomoko Mayama
Osen
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
Kurando Yagyû
Asao Uchida
Kenmotsu Sugito
Taketoshi Naitō
Ichige Gyobu
Yoshi Katō
Danjô Tonami
Yoshiko Fujita
Azami Ogami
Reiko Kasahara
Crazy Woman
Akihiro Tomikawa
Ogami Daigoro
Kōji Sekiyama
Kanbei
Teruo Matsuyama
Monnosuke
Shunya Wazaki
Horii
Michimaro Otabe
Saburo Date
Official Envoy
Ryūtarō Gomi
Production
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Release
1972
Runtime
83 min
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