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Foreign Cinema > Martial Arts: 244 Films to Buy & Rent
Lone Wolf & Cub - Complete Boxset (1972-1981)
- Dir. Kenji Misumi
Feat. Tomisaburo Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa, Fumio Watanabe…
- Boxset of all six 'Lone Wolf & Club' installments plus the re–cut/re–dubbed feature film, SHOGUN ASSASSIN.
Lone Wolf & Cub 1: Sword of Vengeance (1972)
- Dir. Kenji Misumi
Feat. Tomisaburo Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa, Fumio Watanabe…
- The LONE WOLF AND CUB series chronicles the adventures of disgraced Shogun assassin Ogami Itto and his infant son Daigoro, who sell their services to…
Lone Wolf & Cub 2: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)
- Dir. Kenji Misumi
Feat. Tomisaburo Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa, Kayo Matsuo
- The continuing adventures of disgraced Shogun assassin Ogami Itto and his infant son Daigoro.
In this second episode, Ogami battles a group of…
Lone Wolf & Cub 3: Baby Cart to Hades (1972)
- Dir. Kenji Misumi
Feat. Tomisaburo Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa, Go Kato…
- The continuing adventures of disgraced Shogun assassin Ogami Itto and his infant son Daigoro.
Ogami volunteers to be tortured by the Yakuza gang…
Lone Wolf & Cub 4: Baby Cart In Peril (1972)
- Dir. Buichi Sato
Feat. Tomisaburo Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa, Michie Azuma…
- The continuing adventures of disgraced Shogun assassin Ogami Itto and his infant son Daigoro.
In the fourth installment of the series, Itto is…
Water Margin (Seven Blows Of The Dragon) (1972)
- Dir. Chang Cheh
Feat. David Chiang, Ti Lung
- Perhaps the most spectacular of the 1970s Hong Kong swordplay productions by the Shaw Bros, this epic is set in 12th century Sung Dynasty China,…
Zatoichi At Large (Zatoichi 23) (1972)
- Dir. Kazuo Mori
Feat. Shintaro Katsu, Rentaro Mikuni, Hisaya Morishige
- Late–period inclusion to the Zatoichi series has the eponymous blind swordsman helping to deliver a baby, then finding himself honour bound to…
Zatoichi In Desperation (Zatoichi 24) (1972)
- Dir. Shintaro Katsu
Feat. Shintaro Katsu, Kiwako Taichi, Kyôko Koizumi
- A particularly bleak inclusion in the iconic ZATOICHI series, with the eponymous blind swordsman (Shintaro Katsu, also directing) seeking to atone…
Duel of Fists (Kuen gik) (1971)
- Dir. Chang Cheh
Feat. David Chiang, Ti Lung, Ching Li
- Chiang plays a Chinese boxer who travels to Bangkok, Thailand to find his long–lost brother. Although he is successful, events precipitate a…
Zatoichi Meets The One Armed Swordsman (Zatoichi 22) (1971)
- Dir. Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Feat. Shintaro Katsu, Yu Wang
- An above–average entry in the continuing series, this has the titular blind swordsman assist the Chinese One–Armed Swordsman, who has…