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.
Ogami Itto
Bizennokami Yagyû
Osen
Kurando Yagyû
Kenmotsu Sugito
Ichige Gyobu
Danjô Tonami
Azami Ogami
Crazy Woman
Ogami Daigoro
Kanbei
Monnosuke
Horii
Official Envoy
Shigami Tanba
Omi
Bereaved Woman's Servant
Narrator
Retsudô Yagyû