Lone Wolf and Cub: Final Conflict
Lone Wolf and Cub: Final Conflict (Japanese: 子連れ狼 その小さき手に, Also known as Kozure Ōkami: Sono Chiisaki Te ni) is a 1993 Japanese film directed by Akira Inoue.[3][4] It is based on Kazuo Koike's manga series Lone Wolf and Cub. Masakazu Tamura played Ogami by Koike Kazuo's strong request.[5][6] Kazuo produced the film on the theme of parent-child love, not action as with past Lone Wolf and Cub films and television drama series.[7][8][9]
Lone Wolf and Cub: Final Conflict(Kozure Ōkami: Sono Chiisaki Te ni) | |
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Directed by | Akira Inoue[1][2] |
Produced by | Kazuo Koike |
Written by | Tsutomu Nakamura |
Based on | Lone Wolf and Cub, Manga |
Starring | |
Music by | Masahiro Kawasaki |
Cinematography | Saburo Fujiwara |
Production company | Shochiku,Kazuo Koike office |
Distributed by | Shochiku |
Release date |
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Running time | 119 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Plot
Set in Japan during an unspecific year of the Edo period, Ogami Ittō, a samurai serving the Tokugawa shogun as "Kogi Kaishaku-nin" (official executioner) is the target of a Yagyu clan conspiracy to grab his job and replace him with a member of their own family. When his wife is murdered and evidence appears to show that he is plotting against the Shogun, the Bushido code requires him to commit seppuku. Instead, he defies the Tokugawa Shogun's orders and picks up the sword with his young son against his enemies, becoming an assassin to hire.[7][10]
Cast
- Masakazu Tamura as Ogami Ittō[11][12]
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Yagyū Retsudō
- Yushi Shoda as Ogami Daigoro
- Isao Hashizume as Yagyū Bizen
- Shima Iwashita (Special appearance)
- Kimiko Ikegami as Yagyū Chizuro
- Renji Ishibashi as Matsudaira
- Chōichirō Kawarasaki
- Yūko Kotegawa Ogami's Wife
- Tōru Masuoka as Yagyū Kurando
- Kunie Tanaka as Oshou
- Mayumi Wakamura as Yagyū Nanao
Release
Lone Wolf and Cub: Final Conflict was released theatrically in Japan on 6 February 1993 where it was distributed by Shochiku.
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- "田村正和祭り」美剣士・腕下主丞の「乾いて候」から「子連れ狼」まで!マネのできない正和的世界". 時代劇専門チャンネル. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
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