Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
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1/15/1972Runtime
83 minsOverview
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.
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A stylized samurai revenge tale steeped in blood and sorrow, following a disgraced executioner and his young son as they carve a path of vengeance through Edo-period Japan. It's operatic brutality tempered by the bond between father and child.
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