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.
Producer: Shintarō Katsu, Hisaharu Matsubara
Director: Kenji Misumi
Screenplay: Kazuo Koike
Director of Photography: Chikashi Makiura
Ogami Itto
Bizennokami Yagyû
Osen
Kurando Yagyû
Kenmotsu Sugito
Ichige Gyobu
Danjô Tonami
Azami Ogami
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972) ORIGINAL TRAILER