Based on the legendary manga series of the same name, this rarely seen TV show was produced in the 1970s and stars Yorozuya Kinnosuke as the ronin devoted to avenging the murder of his wife and uncovering the betrayals of the Yagyu clan. While the original story and artwork by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima have been updated and adapted in a variety of formats, the TV series has long gone under the radar. Here the show is brought back to life, and the 10 episodes collected in this volume are a treat for devoted followers of the manga as well as anyone with a penchant for 1970s Japanese TV.

DVD Features:

2-Disc Set
Region 1
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
(unspecified) - Japanese
Subtitles - English - Optional

Distributor Notes: Master swordsman Ogami Itto held the honorable position as the Shogun's executioner. When rivals kill his wife and handmaidens, it is initially believed that it was to avenge a clan lord's execution. However, the ghastly deed was designed by the envious Yagyu Retsudo to disgrace and frame Ogami in the eyes of the Shogun, giving him criminal status and forcing him to forfeit his lofty post. With his
surviving one-year-old son, Daigoro, Ogami sets off to live as an assassin-for-hire until he can locate and exact revenge upon the Yagyu clan.
 
Based on the manga by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima, the Lone Wolf and Cub television series began in 1973 and chronicles the journeys and adventures of the fabled duo on their path to vengeance.

Source: Media Blasters

Kinnosuke Nakamura: Japanese actor, TV's Ittô Ogami from LONE WOLF & CUB (1973)
Takumi Satô: Japanese actor, TV's Daigorô from LONE WOLF AND CUB (1973)