Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)
15/01/1972
Drama, Action, Adventure
1h 23m
- 74% (235 votes)
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Overview
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.
- Kenji MisumiDirector
- Kazuo KoikeScreenplay
Original Title
子連れ狼 子を貸し腕貸しつかまつる
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Keywords
- japan
- assassin
- samurai
- chambara
- jidaigeki
- edo period
- chanbara
Top Billed Cast
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
Reiko Kasahara
Crazy Woman
Akihiro Tomikawa
Ogami Daigoro
Kōji Sekiyama
Kanbei
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