Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)
Sunday 17th November, Deptford Cinema
Doors open @ 1.00pm, Film starts @ 1.30pm
For those who want to enjoy both films in the Lone Wolf double bill, we are offering a discounted DOUBLE BILL TICKET for a limited time only:
Single film tickets: £6.00 Full / £4.50 concessions
Double bill tickets: £10.00 Full / £7.50 concessions
director: Kenji Misumi
starring: Tomisaburo Wakayama
year: 1972
country: Japan
run-time: 85 mins
rating: 18
Synopsis
PART ONE of our Special Double Bill!
Don’t miss out on our special DOUBLE BILL discounted tickets, available for a limited time only!
A favourite of Quentin Tarantino (a spliced version of the first two instalments later produced for the American market called Shogun Assassin is the film that The Bride and her daughter watch as a bedtime story in Kill Bill: Vol. 2), Lone Wolf and Cub is a six-part series based on the iconic manga of the same name.
This first in the series, Sword of Vengeance, acts as origin story. After being framed for treason Ogami Itto, a now exiled former executioner for the Shogun, flees the capital and becomes a wandering assassin for hire. But the expert swordsman does not travel alone, he is accompanied by his infant son in a hand-cart laden with hidden weaponry.
When the Lone Wolf and Cub enter a remote spa town, they soon discover it has fallen under the control of a gang of bandits and are subsequently taken captive. The series’ roots in manga is clear to see as blades clash, blood sprays, and limbs fly in a frenzy of exaggerated yet exhilarating comic-book violence.
CHECK OUT ‘LONE WOLF AND CUB PART 2: BABY CART AT THE RIVER STYX HERE
The ‘Samurai Sundays’ season has been programmed by Peter Blunden, and is kindly supported by the London East Asia Film Festival.