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
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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.