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
Original Language: JA
Rating: ⭐ 7.4/10 (229 votes)
Lone Wolf and Cub Collection
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Yūji Hamada
Kanae Kobayashi
Bereaved Woman's Servant
Yutaka Nakamura
Akiji Kobayashi
Narrator
Yūnosuke Itō
Retsudô Yagyû