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Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance(1972)
Status: Released
Date: 1972-01-15
74%
231 Votes
Time: 1h 23m
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.
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
ProductionCompanies: 
Katsu Production
Movie: Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Top 10 Billed Cast
若山富三郎
Ogami Itto
渡辺文雄
Bizennokami Yagyû
真山知子
Osen
露口茂
Kurando Yagyû
内田朝雄
Kenmotsu Sugito
内藤武敏
Ichige Gyobu
加藤嘉
Danjô Tonami
笠原玲子
Crazy Woman
Akihiro Tomikawa
Ogami Daigoro
関山耕司
Kanbei
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