7.4 / 10
(209 votes)
In this first film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, adapted from the manga by Kazuo Koike, we are told the story of the Lone Wolf and Cub's origin. Ogami Itto, the official Shogunate executioner, 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.
Japan
Drama,
Action
83 minutes
1972
Kenji Misumi
Katsu Production,
TOHO
1950
8.1
1965
8.0
2010
7.0
1969
5.4
2013
5.0
2018
5.8
2015
5.8
2010
6.5
1984
6.5
1966
0.0
1990
6.0
1973
7.5
2002
7.5
2004
7.3
2007
7.4
2004
8.0
2007
6.2
1967
5.5
1999
7.5
2007
6.7