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Director:
Writers:
Kazuo Koike (screenplay)
Kazuo Koike (story)
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Release Date:
23 August 1973 (USA) more
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Plot:
The story of a Ronin (i.e. a masterless samurai) who wanders the countryside of Japan with his small child, having various adventures. full summary | add synopsis
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Good, decent Samurai film...first of a series. more (18 total)

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Also Known As:
Lone Wolf and Cub: Child and Expertise for Rent (literal English title)
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (USA)
Sword of Vengeance I
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Runtime:
USA:83 min | Australia:80 min (DVD)
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Certification:
Germany:18 | Australia:MA (cable rating) | UK:18 | USA:Unrated | Australia:R (DVD rating)

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Ogami Itto: You would've been happier if you'd chosen to join your mother in her world. more
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4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Good, decent Samurai film...first of a series., 4 September 2003
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Author: rcp02 from Leiden, The Netherlands

Sword of Vengeance is the first film in a series about a noble samurai and his son fallen from grace through a conspiracy, and now under a constant fear of death by assassination. This movie by itself is a fine example of how a more modern, 'slasher' style Samurai film and 'old' values like honor and '1-good-Samurai-defeats-army-of-bad-Samurai' can be put together to make a solid, entertaining film. The later films are sometimes better, sometimes worse than this movie, but I found all of them to be very entertaining and worthwhile.

If you like to see some classic Samurai action, check out the whole serie of six films. Years later they took all the juicy bits out of the first four films and stitched them together to form the film 'Shogun Assassin', a film I suspect made for export to western countries: Less story, more blood.

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