Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

(1972)

★ 7.4 IMDb · 255 votes

Genres: Drama, Action, Adventure, Thriller

Year: 1972

Runtime: 84 мин

Country: Japan

Director: 三隅研次

Cast: 若山富三郎, 渡辺文雄, 真山知子, Сигэру Цуюгути, Асао Утида, Такэтоси Найто, Ёси Като, 笠原玲子, 富川晶宏, 関山耕司

Plot

Official Shogunate executioner Ogami Itto 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.

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.