Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
1972In 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.
Acted in
Tomisaburō Wakayama
as Ogami Itto
Fumio Watanabe
as Bizennokami Yagyû
Tomoko Mayama
as Osen
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
as Kurando Yagyû
Asao Uchida
as Kenmotsu Sugito
Taketoshi Naitō
as Ichige Gyobu
Yoshi Katō
as Danjô Tonami
Yoshiko Fujita
as Azami Ogami
Reiko Kasahara
as Crazy Woman
Akihiro Tomikawa
as Ogami Daigoro
Kōji Sekiyama
as Kanbei
Teruo Matsuyama
as Monnosuke
Shunya Wazaki
as Horii
Michimaro Otabe
Saburo Date
as Official Envoy
Ryūtarō Gomi
Kyōichi Satō
Hiroshi Hasegawa
Kōji Fujiyama
Jun Takigawa
Hisao Hamita
as Shigami Tanba
Yukio Horikita
Tokio Oki
Tadashi Iwata
Yūsaku Terashima
Manabu Morita
as Omi
Yūji Hamada
Hajime Koshikawa
Jun Fujikawa
Goro Kumon
Shōji Mori
Sumao Ishihara
Kôji Uehara
Tamotsu Fujiharu
Jun Soloni
Kanae Kobayashi
as Bereaved Woman's Servant
Shinji Nunome
Iwao Kasumi
Kazuo Mortuchi
Kazuo Ōbayashi
Yoshumitsu Shimonura
Kazuyo Yanaka
Masami Kojomon
Chizu Kobayashi
Yutaka Nakamura
Akiji Kobayashi
as Narrator
Yūnosuke Itō
as Retsudô Yagyû
Jinichiro Ando