Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)
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.
Drama
Action
Adventure
Cast & Crew
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
Michimaro Otabe
Saburo Date
Official Envoy
Ryūtarō Gomi
Kyōichi Satō
Kōji Fujiyama
Yukio Horikita
Tokio Oki
Yūsaku Terashima
Manabu Morita
Omi
Yūji Hamada
Kanae Kobayashi
Bereaved Woman's Servant
Yutaka Nakamura
Akiji Kobayashi
Narrator
Yūnosuke Itō
Retsudô Yagyû
Yoshiko Fujita
Azami Ogami
Kenji Misumi
Director
Kazuo Koike
Screenplay
Shintarō Katsu, Hisaharu Matsubara
Producer
