Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
1972 · Movie · 83 min. · Japan
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.
Direction Kenji Misumi
Cast Tomisaburô Wakayama · Fumio Watanabe · Tomoko Mayama · Shigeru Tsuyuguchi · Asao Uchida · Taketoshi Naitô · Yoshi Kato · Reiko Kasahara · Akihiro Tomikawa · Go Kato · Yuko Hamada · Keiko Fujita · Isao Yamagata · Ichirô Nakae · Michitaro Mizushima · Saburo Date
Soundtrack Hideaki Sakurai
Screenplay Goseki Kojima · Kazuo Koike
Cinematography Chisi Makiura
Original title Kozure Ôkami: Kowokashi udekashi tsukamatsuru
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