Download Lone Wolf And Cub Movies Background. First published in 1970, the story was adapted into six films starring tomisaburo wakayama, four plays, a television series starring kinnosuke yorozuya, and is widely recognized as an important and influential work. 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.
The shogun's executioner, itto ogami (tomisaburo wakayama), takes to wandering the countryside as an assassin—along with his infant son daigoro (akihiro tomikawa).
In this installment, the shadow yagyu clan plots to solidify its power by taking ogami's coveted position of shogun's executioner for its own. 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. First published in 1970, the story was adapted into six films starring tomisaburo wakayama, four plays, a television series starring kinnosuke yorozuya, and is widely recognized as an important and influential work. First published in 1970, the story has been adapted into six films starring tomisaburo wakayama, four plays, a television series starring yorozuya kinnosuke.