Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
1972 · Movie · 84 min · ★ 7.4 · 78% critics
After being framed for disloyalty, a former government executioner becomes a hunted wanderer, pushing a baby cart from town to town with his young child. Taking dangerous jobs to survive, he cuts a violent path through feudal Japan while pursuing vengeance against the powerful forces that ruined his life.
Based on Lone Wolf and Cub
Also known as Lone Wolf and Cub 1: Sword of Vengeance
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Details
- Original title
- 子連れ狼 子を貸し腕貸しつかまつる
- Years
- 1972
- Release date
- 1972-01-15
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 84 min
- Critic score
- 78/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 (249 votes)
About
If you enjoy grim, pulp-style samurai revenge tales with a traveling parent-and-child duo and lots of bloody action, this should hit the spot; Not for you if sexual violence or heavy exploitation elements are dealbreakers, even compared with Shogun Assassin.
Pros: swift sword fights; gritty revenge drive; strong father-child hook | Cons: extreme bloodshed; sexual violence content; uneven slow stretches
Themes
- japan
- assassin
- samurai
- chambara
- jidaigeki
- edo period
- chanbara
Cast & crew
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
Reiko Kasahara
as Crazy Woman
Akihiro Tomikawa
as Ogami Daigoro
Kōji Sekiyama
as Kanbei
Directed by Kenji Misumi