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Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

83 mins

Rating

7.417/10

Release Date

15 January 1972

Country

Japan

Cast

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Ogami Itto

Fumio Watanabe

Fumio Watanabe

Bizennokami Yagyû

Tomoko Mayama

Tomoko Mayama

Osen

Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

Kurando Yagyû

Asao Uchida

Asao Uchida

Kenmotsu Sugito

Taketoshi Naitō

Taketoshi Naitō

Ichige Gyobu

Yoshi Katō

Yoshi Katō

Danjô Tonami

Yoshiko Fujita

Yoshiko Fujita

Azami Ogami

Reiko Kasahara

Reiko Kasahara

Crazy Woman

Akihiro Tomikawa

Akihiro Tomikawa

Ogami Daigoro

Kōji Sekiyama

Kōji Sekiyama

Kanbei

Teruo Matsuyama

Teruo Matsuyama

Monnosuke

Shunya Wazaki

Shunya Wazaki

Horii

Michimaro Otabe

Michimaro Otabe

Saburo Date

Saburo Date

Official Envoy

Ryūtarō Gomi

Ryūtarō Gomi

Kyōichi Satō

Kyōichi Satō

Hiroshi Hasegawa

Hiroshi Hasegawa

Kōji Fujiyama

Kōji Fujiyama

Jun Takigawa

Jun Takigawa

Hisao Hamita

Hisao Hamita

Shigami Tanba

Yukio Horikita

Yukio Horikita

Tokio Oki

Tokio Oki

Tadashi Iwata

Tadashi Iwata

Yūsaku Terashima

Yūsaku Terashima

Manabu Morita

Manabu Morita

Omi

Yūji Hamada

Yūji Hamada

Hajime Koshikawa

Hajime Koshikawa

Jun Fujikawa

Jun Fujikawa

Goro Kumon

Goro Kumon

Shōji Mori

Shōji Mori

Sumao Ishihara

Sumao Ishihara

Kôji Uehara

Kôji Uehara

Tamotsu Fujiharu

Tamotsu Fujiharu

Jun Soloni

Jun Soloni

Kanae Kobayashi

Kanae Kobayashi

Bereaved Woman's Servant

Shinji Nunome

Shinji Nunome

Iwao Kasumi

Iwao Kasumi

Kazuo Mortuchi

Kazuo Mortuchi

Kazuo Ōbayashi

Kazuo Ōbayashi

Yoshumitsu Shimonura

Yoshumitsu Shimonura

Kazuyo Yanaka

Kazuyo Yanaka

Masami Kojomon

Masami Kojomon

Chizu Kobayashi

Chizu Kobayashi

Yutaka Nakamura

Yutaka Nakamura

Akiji Kobayashi

Akiji Kobayashi

Narrator

Yūnosuke Itō

Yūnosuke Itō

Retsudô Yagyû

Jinichiro Ando

Jinichiro Ando

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