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Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)

Directed by Kenji Misumi

Action | Adventure

Most recently watched by sensoria, SIxBORG

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.

Length 83 minutes

Actors

Tomisaburo Wakayama | Fumio Watanabe | Tomoko Mayama | Shigeru Tsuyuguchi | Asao Uchida | Taketoshi Naitô | Yoshi Katô | Keiko Fujita | Reiko Kasahara | Akihiro Tomikawa | Kôji Sekiyama | Teruo Matsuyama | Shunya Wazaki | Otabe Michimaro | Saburo Date | Ryûtarô Gomi | Kyôichi Satô | Hiroshi Hasegawa | Kôji Fujiyama | Jun Takigawa | Hisao Hamita | Yukio Horikita | Tokio Oki | Tadashi Iwata | Yûsaku Terashima | Manabu Morita | Yûji Hamada | Hajime Koshikawa | Jun Fujikawa | Goro Kumon | Shôji Mori | Sumao Ishihara | Kôji Uehara | Tamotsu Fujiharu | Jun Soloni | Kanae Kobayashi | Shinji Nunome | Iwao Kasumi | Kazuo Moriuchi | Kazuo Mortuchi | Kazuo Ôbayashi | Yoshumitsu Shimonura | Kazuyo Yanaka | Massmi Koshiomon | Chieko Kobayashi | Yutaka Nakamura | Akiji Kobayashi | Yūnosuke Itō

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Viewing Notes

Finally checking out this series. It’s even better than I imagined. So fucking good. Love Daigoro. Tomisaburo Wakayama is so great in this role. Can’t wait to see the sequels now.

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