Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
The inaugural film in the Lone Wolf and Cub series immediately thrust Itto Ogami into the ranks of the all-time great samurai movie icons. In this installment, the Shadow Yagyu clan plots to solidify its power by taking Ogami’s coveted position of shogun’s executioner for its own. The legendary assassin escapes with his infant son, Daigoro, and swears vengeance.
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Cast
- Tomisaburo Wakayama
- Itto Ogami
- Akihiro Tomikawa
- Daigoro
- Fumio Watanabe
- Bizen-no-Kami Yagyu
- Tomoko Mayama
- O-Sen
- Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
- Kurando Yagyu
- Asao Uchida
- Kenmotsu Sugito
- Taketoshi Naito
- Gyobu Ichige
- Yoshi Kato
- Danjo Tonami
- Keiko Fujita
- Azami Ogami
- Teruo Matsuyama
- Monnosuke
- Yunosuke Ito
- Retsudo Yagyu
- Akiji Kobayashi
- Narrator
Credits
- Director
- Kenji Misumi
- Produced by
- Shintaro Katsu
- Produced by
- Hisaharu Matsubara
- Screenplay by
- Kazuo Koike
- Based on the manga by
- Kazuo Koike
- Based on the manga by
- Goseki Kojima
- Cinematography by
- Chikashi Makiura
- Sound by
- Tsuchitaro Hayashi
- Lighting by
- Hiroshi Mima
- Production design by
- Akira Naito
- Music by
- Hideaki Sakurai
- Edited by
- Toshio Taniguchi
- Fight choreography
- Eiichi Kusumoto
- Assistant director
- Mitsuaki Tsuji
- Sound effects
- Toru Kurashima