Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance is a 1972 Japanese sword-fighting film, the first in a series of six films in the Lone Wolf and Cub series based on the manga. This is interesting, and I'm glad The Younger Son introduced me to the series. The father/son pair is sweet. Right now it looks like it's available on Internet Archive. I watched it on HBO Max.
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Criterion opens its description with this: "The inaugural film in the Lone Wolf and Cub series immediately thrust Itto Ogami into the ranks of the all-time great samurai movie icons." Rotten Tomatoes has an audience consensus score of 90%.
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...vengeance seems to be popular these days.
ReplyDeleteVengeance has always been popular.
DeleteHimself might like this
ReplyDeleteI hope he does :)
DeleteAnother film I have never heard of ! Have a great day, Valerie
ReplyDeleteI had never heard of it either. My younger son is a treasure for new-to-me movies. The streaming services are nice to have to access them.
DeleteIt looks like people are really into getting revenge these days.
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Revenge has always been a popular theme in movies.
DeleteThe face on your video link looks Native American. I'm ot sure I've ever seen a sword fighting movie other than that oldie from the 1970's The Three Musketeers.
ReplyDeleteThe Japanese samurai films are wonderful!
DeleteI think I might enjoy this, especially since the series is FREE. My favorite word!
ReplyDeleteFree is always good :)
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