Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Genres
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
83 min
Release Date
1972-01-15
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
233
Vote Average
7.408
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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Monnosuke
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Horii
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Saburo Date
Official Envoy
Ryūtarō Gomi
Kyōichi Satō
Hiroshi Hasegawa
Kōji Fujiyama
Jun Takigawa
Hisao Hamita
Shigami Tanba
Yukio Horikita
Tokio Oki
Tadashi Iwata
Yūsaku Terashima
Manabu Morita
Omi
Yūji Hamada
Hajime Koshikawa
Jun Fujikawa
Goro Kumon
Shōji Mori
Sumao Ishihara
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Bereaved Woman's Servant
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Kazuo Mortuchi
Kazuo Ōbayashi
Yoshumitsu Shimonura
Kazuyo Yanaka
Masami Kojomon
Chizu Kobayashi
Yutaka Nakamura
Akiji Kobayashi
Narrator
Yūnosuke Itō
Retsudô Yagyû
Jinichiro Ando
Yoshiko Fujita
Azami Ogami
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