Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

Name: Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1972-01-15T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 7.4

About Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

Official Shogunate executioner Ogami Itto 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: Sword of Vengeance (1972) is a thriller film directed by Kenji Misumi. Tomisaburō Wakayama takes the lead as Ogami Itto, Fumio Watanabe as Bizennokami Yagyû, Tomoko Mayama as Osen, and Shigeru Tsuyuguchi as Kurando Yagyû.

Released in January 1972, it runs 84 minutes. Written by Kazuo Koike. It is adapted from a manga.

Members will find samurai, jidaigeki, edo period, and political intrigue in it. In the United States it streams on Criterion Channel, HBO Max, and HBO Max Amazon Channel. It scores 7.4 out of 10 from 257 TMDB voters.

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades, Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell, and 13 Assassins make useful companions to Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance, all filed under assassin, chambara, and chanbara.