LONE WOLF AND CUB - SWORD OF VENGEANCE (1972)

 




















Directed by: Kenji Misumi
Based on the manga by: Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima
Starring: Tomisaburo Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa, Tomoko Mayama, Fumio Watanabe, Keiko Fujita, Reiko Kasahara, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi, Yunosuke Ito

87 minutes
(NR - martial arts violence)
Country of origin: Japan

PLOT:
Ogami Itto, the official Shogunate executioner, has been framed for disloyalty by the Yagyu clan, against whom he is waging a one-man war, along with his infant son, Daigoro.

The first in a series of 6 films.