Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword Of Vengeance (Kozure Ôkami: Ko wo kashi ude kashi tsukamatsuru) (1973)
Genre Action, Adventure, Drama
Studio AnimEigo
Movie Release Date 1973
Country Japan
Language Japanese
Audience Rating 18
Running Time 85 mins
Format DVD
Color Color
IMDb Rating 7.9
Cast
Tomisaburo Wakayama Ogami Itto
Fumio Watanabe Sugito
Tomoko Mayama Osen
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi Matsuki Junai
Tomoo Uchida Goto
Taketoshi Naitô Inspector Yagyu Bizen-no-Kami
Crew
Director Kenji Misumi
Director Misumi Kenji
Writer Kazuo Koike
Writer Goseki Kojima
Producer Hisaharu Matsubara
Producer Shintarô Katsu
Plot
Set in Japan during an unspecific year of the Edo period, the story follows Ogami Itt?, the Royal Executioner for the Royal Court who is stripped of his title when falsely accused of treason by a rival faction. Paying the ultimate price for this falsehood, his wife is murdered and Ogami wanders the countryside, pushing a baby cart with his 3-year-old son Daigoro inside, to take their vengeance on the Yagyu clan who have made all this happen.
Special Features
Theatrical Trailer(s)
Personal Details
Collection Status In Collection
Links IMDB
Edition Details
Format DVD
Region Region 2
Release Country UK
TV System PAL
No. of Disks/Tapes 1
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen 2.35:1 (Anamorphic)
Subtitles English
Audio Tracks JAPANESE: Dolby Digital Mono
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
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