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Summary

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.

Details

Release Date: January 15, 1972

Runtime: 83 minutes

Genres: Drama, Action, Adventure

Rating: 7.4/10 (229 votes)


Lone Wolf and Cub Collection

  • Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

    Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

    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.

  • Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx

    Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx

    In the second film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must assassinate a traitor who plans to sell his clan's secrets to the Shogunate.

  • Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades

    Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades

    In the third film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by Yakuza to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain.

  • Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell

    Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell

    In the sixth and final film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, the final conflict between Ogami Itto and the Yagyu clan is carried out.

  • Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons

    Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons

    In the fifth film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto is challenged by five warriors, each has one fifth of Ogami's assassin fee and one fifth of the information he needs to complete his assassination.

  • Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril

    Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril

    In the fourth film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto is hired to kill a tattooed female assassin and battles Retsudo, head of the Yagyu clan, and his son Gunbei.


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Cast

  • Tomisaburō Wakayama

    Tomisaburō Wakayama

    Ogami Itto

  • Fumio Watanabe

    Fumio Watanabe

    Bizennokami Yagyû

  • Tomoko Mayama

    Tomoko Mayama

    Osen

  • Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

    Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

    Kurando Yagyû

  • Asao Uchida

    Asao Uchida

    Kenmotsu Sugito

  • Taketoshi Naitō

    Taketoshi Naitō

    Ichige Gyobu

  • Yoshi Katō

    Yoshi Katō

    Danjô Tonami

  • Reiko Kasahara

    Reiko Kasahara

    Crazy Woman

  • Akihiro Tomikawa

    Akihiro Tomikawa

    Ogami Daigoro

  • Kōji Sekiyama

    Kōji Sekiyama

    Kanbei

  • Michimaro Otabe

    Michimaro Otabe

  • Saburo Date

    Saburo Date

    Official Envoy

  • Ryūtarō Gomi

    Ryūtarō Gomi

  • Kyōichi Satō

    Kyōichi Satō

  • Kōji Fujiyama

    Kōji Fujiyama

  • Yukio Horikita

    Yukio Horikita

  • Tokio Oki

    Tokio Oki

  • Yūsaku Terashima

    Yūsaku Terashima

  • Yūji Hamada

    Yūji Hamada

  • Kanae Kobayashi

    Kanae Kobayashi

    Bereaved Woman's Servant

  • Yutaka Nakamura

    Yutaka Nakamura

  • Akiji Kobayashi

    Akiji Kobayashi

    Narrator

  • Yūnosuke Itō

    Yūnosuke Itō

    Retsudô Yagyû