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Lone Wolf and Cub
Lone Wolf and Cub

Lone Wolf and Cub

★ 8.1•1973•3 Seasons•ANIME
Action & Adventure

Ogami Itto is a master swordsman who holds a position of high power in the Tokugawa Shogunate. Highly trusted by the Shogun, he serves as the official decapitator, assisting lords and samurai who have been ordered by the Shogun to commit seppuku. One day, Itto’s wife and members of his household are brutally murdered by a clan seeking to avenge their lord’s execution, which had been carried out by Itto. In the wake of the attack, two items are left in Itto’s home: his unhurt infant son, Daigoro, and a symbol meant to signify Itto’s betrayal of the Shogun. Disgraced by the false symbol, Itto is labeled a traitor and forced to forfeit his position. He becomes a ronin, wandering the country with his son, searching for the men who killed his wife, seeking to clear his name and avenge her death.

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Top Cast

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Ittô Ogami

Taketoshi Naitō

Taketoshi Naitō

Narrator (Voice)

S

Sato Takumi

Daigoro Ogami

Ryūnosuke Kaneda

Ryūnosuke Kaneda

Tanomo Abe

Kei Satō

Kei Satō

Retsudo Yagyu

Episodes

My Son and My Sword for Hire

1. My Son and My Sword for Hire

45m

A noblewoman who was forced into prostitution after her fiancé and family were murdered at their wedding, asks Itto to kill the man responsible, a spurned former suitor.

Aired: 4/8/1973
Birds Have Wings, Beast Have Fangs / Fangs of the Wolf

2. Birds Have Wings, Beast Have Fangs / Fangs of the Wolf

45m

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Ogami Itto and his young son Daigoro arrive in a town known for its hot springs, but the entire village has been taken over by a gang of murderous bounty hunters.

Aired: 4/15/1973
Ikkou-Bashi Bridge

3. Ikkou-Bashi Bridge

45m

Poisoned after a surprise attack, Ogami must face a deadly gauntlet of Yagyu assassins in order to fulfill a promise made to a dying man who saved Daigoro.

Aired: 4/22/1973
The Assassin’s Road / Highway of Assassins

4. The Assassin’s Road / Highway of Assassins

45m

A meeting on the Assassin’s Road causes Itto to remember the events leading up to his wife’s murder, and why he chose to bring his son with him on his mission of vengeance.

Aired: 4/29/1973
Daigoro and Omatsu / The Lowly Maid

5. Daigoro and Omatsu / The Lowly Maid

45m

Multiple stories interweave as Daigoro becomes lost while seeking medicine for his father and is befriended by a young woman who is being sold into service by a loan shark.

Aired: 5/6/1973
Deflowering / Amya and Anema

6. Deflowering / Amya and Anema

45m

When his father is delayed for multiple days after an assassination goes awry, a desperate Daigoro wanders off and falls into the hands of a ruthless gang of criminals.

Aired: 5/13/1973
The Guns of Sakai / The Sakai Rifle

7. The Guns of Sakai / The Sakai Rifle

45m

Itto is hired to assassinate a gunsmith who has reportedly developed a repeating rifle, a weapon that could completely destabilize the balance of power in Japan.

Aired: 5/20/1973
The Shield and The Castle / The Castle Wall Attack

8. The Shield and The Castle / The Castle Wall Attack

45m

Itto accepts an assignment to stop a shipment of gold, assassinate a government official, kill an entire team of covert agents and prevent a small clan from being framed.

Aired: 5/27/1973
The Endless Six Paths / Six Roads to Infinity

9. The Endless Six Paths / Six Roads to Infinity

45m

As Lord Yagyu prepares to send his last and strongest son, Gunbei, to kill Itto Ogami, the events of Gunbei and Itto's previous duel are revealed.

Aired: 6/3/1973
Baby Cart on The River Styx

10. Baby Cart on The River Styx

45m

A scheming magistrate's plan places Itto in the middle of a war between two Yakuza families, one of which is lead by the daughter of the leader of the other.

Aired: 6/10/1973
The Deer Hunters

11. The Deer Hunters

45m

While the Yagyu set a trap for Itto, a group of con artists pose as Lone Wolf and Cub and a disgraced Samurai takes on the role of Ogami.

Aired: 6/17/1973
Ochiyo's Boat

12. Ochiyo's Boat

45m

As Itto waits for an opportunity to assassinate a sadistic Lord, he and Daigoro observe the life of a young boat woman who must sell herself to support the man she loves.

Aired: 6/24/1973
The Mysterious Pickpocket / No Betrayal

13. The Mysterious Pickpocket / No Betrayal

45m

While Itto tracks down the killers of a young woman's entire family, Daigoro becomes caught up in a policeman's hunt for a notorious female pickpocket.

Aired: 7/1/1973
North to South, West to East

14. North to South, West to East

45m

Itto accepts a job that will protect the location of a secret gold mine, but the task is complicated when a rival swordsman takes Itto's target's son hostage.

Aired: 7/8/1973
The Night of The Fang

15. The Night of The Fang

45m

Itto must deal with a well-wishing doctor and a group of shadow ninja when he's tasked with killing a group of assassins who're rgeting the Shogun's lover.

Aired: 7/15/1973
Cloud Dragon, Wind Tiger

16. Cloud Dragon, Wind Tiger

45m

Itto returns to a spot on the banks of the Shinobu River where he once executed the lord of a Clan, and faces a samurai he defeated in a duel four years earlier.

Aired: 7/22/1973
Asaemon the Beheader / Executioner Asaemon

17. Asaemon the Beheader / Executioner Asaemon

45m

Government officials convince Asaemon the Beheader, one of the few swordsmen in Japan with a level of skill close to Ogami’s, to kill Itto in combat.

Aired: 7/29/1973
A Meager, Peaceful Life / Half Mat, One Mat, Two And A Half Go Of Rice

18. A Meager, Peaceful Life / Half Mat, One Mat, Two And A Half Go Of Rice

45m

Itto meets Sakon Shino, a beggar samurai who has given up killing for a life as a street performer. Shino urges Itto to give up his assassin life, for the sake of his son.

Aired: 8/5/1973
The 8 Gate Attack Formation

19. The 8 Gate Attack Formation

45m

The Lone Wolf and Cub have their work cut out for them when a seemingly simple job turns into a deadly game of lies and intrigue.

Aired: 8/12/1973
The Chrysanthemum Inn

20. The Chrysanthemum Inn

45m

The Lone Wolf and Cub rescue a woman who has sold herself into prostitution in order to stage her revenge on her murdered brother’s evil fiancé.

Aired: 8/19/1973
Mercenary Swordsmen / The Crossing Guard

21. Mercenary Swordsmen / The Crossing Guard

45m

Desperate to keep their clan from being dissolved, the family of a murdered Lord fake the real killer’s murder and ask Itto to verify their false claim.

Aired: 8/26/1973
Bekinoji's Tragedy

22. Bekinoji's Tragedy

45m

Assassins from the Kurokuwa clan stage a non-stop series of attacks that lasts for days, slowly steering an exhausted Lone Wolf and Cub into a deadly trap.

Aired: 9/2/1973
Thread of Tears

23. Thread of Tears

45m

Itto is hired to kill a samurai who has allegedly turned his men against Lord Norikatsu, but the true reasons turn out to be far more complex and deceptive.

Aired: 9/9/1973
Concealed Letter of The Yagyu / The Yagyu Letter

24. Concealed Letter of The Yagyu / The Yagyu Letter

45m

Ogami mysteriously joins a group of “the unclothed”, men with the unusual job of carrying people and baggage across a river where bridges and ferries are forbidden.

Aired: 9/16/1973
Daigoro's Song

25. Daigoro's Song

45m

After being thrown off a cliff during a battle with the Yagyu assassins, Daigoro searches for his now missing father while avoiding his family’s many enemies.

Aired: 9/23/1973
Drifting Shadow

26. Drifting Shadow

45m

Itto tries to follow the trail left by his missing son, Daigoro, while fighting off the forces of Lord Retsudo and his Yagyu assassins.

Aired: 9/30/1973