Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)

1972 film by Kenji Misumi

Released

1972

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

Genre

Samurai film

Director

Kenji Misumi

Screenplay

Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima

Producer

Shintarō Katsu

Starring

Tomisaburō Wakayama, Fumio Watanabe, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi, Taketoshi Naito

Running time

83 minutes

Distributor

Toho, Netflix, HBO Max

Based on

Lone Wolf and Cub

Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (Japanese: 子連れ狼 子を貸し腕貸しつかまつる, Hepburn: Kozure Ōkami: Kowokashi udekashi tsukamatsuru) is a 1972 Japanese chambara film directed by Kenji Misumi. The film tells the story of Ogami Ittō, a wandering assassin for hire who is accompanied by his young son, Daigoro. It is the first in a series of six films in the Lone Wolf and Cub series.

More films directed by Kenji Misumi

• Gonpachi 1956
• Freelance Samurai 1957
• Travels of Lord Mito 1958
• The Tale of Zatoichi 1962
• Ken 1964
• On the Road Forever 1964
• Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Adventure 1964
• Sword Devil 1965
• Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Fire 1965
• The Magoichi Saga 1969
• Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades 1972
• Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx 1972
• Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons 1973
• Shogun Assassin 1980

External links

• Wikipedia
• IMDb
• TMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q1813228 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.