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Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)

★ 7.4/10 84 min Drama, Action, Adventure, Thriller Japan Japanese

Director: Kenji Misumi

Screenplay by: Kazuo Koike
Comic Books: Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima

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Description

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.

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Top Cast

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

Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance Appears on 3 Curated Movie Lists

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