I have a big interest in Japanese cinema and chambura (marital arts films) are among those films-I guess something like westerns in American cinema. Recently I watched the Zatoichi collection that was put out by Criterion, and now I am watching the Lone Wolf And Cub collection from Criterion. The first film in the collection is Lone Wolf And Cub: Sword Of Vengeance (1972). It was directed by Zatoichi collaborator Kenji Misumi-no surprise since Shintaro Katsu produced the series with his brother Tomisaburo Wakayama in the lead role of Ogami Itto. Misumi knows how to stage a sword fight and always brings some artistry to he exploitation samurai film. The screenplay was written by the original manga writer Kazuo Koike as well. It was an entertaining start to the series with spurts of blood spraying all over the place as Ogami escapes a frame up and earns his keep for him and his infant son as assassin for hire.
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