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Lone Wolf and Cub: Final Conflict
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Wikipedia article
is a 1993 Japanese film directed by Akira Inoue. It is based on Kazuo Koike's manga series 'Lone Wolf and Cub'. Masakazu Tamura played Ogami by Koike Kazuo's strong request. Koike produced the film on the theme of parent-child love, not action as with past 'Lone Wolf and Cub' films and television drama series. Official pamphlet P.4
Plot
Set in Japan during an unspecific year of the Edo period, Ogami Itt, 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.
Cast
* Masakazu Tamura as Ogami Itt
* Tatsuya Nakadai as Yagy Retsud
* Yushi Shoda as Ogami Daigoro
* Isao Hashizume as Yagy Bizen (Retsud's younger brother)
* Shima Iwashita as Oharu (Prostitute)
* Kimiko Ikegami as Yagy Chizuro (Yagy Hygo's wife)
* Renji Ishibashi as Matsudaira Suo no Kami
* Chichir Kawarasaki as Nitani Kenmotsu
* Hiroyuki Okita as Yagy Hygo
* Hirotar Honda as Samurai (Be executed by Ogami Itt)
* Yko Kotegawa Ogami's Wife
* Tru Masuoka as Yagy Kurando
* Junkichi Orimoto as Rj of Tokugawa shogunate
* Kunie Tanaka as Oshou
* Mayumi Wakamura as Yagy Nanao (Retsud's daughter)
* Shiho Fujimura as Shino
Other Credits
*Executive producer
**Yoshinobu Nishioka
*Art Direction by
**Yoshinobu Nishioka
Release
'Lone Wolf and Cub: Final Conflict' was released theatrically in Japan on 6 February 1993 where it was distributed by Shochiku.
Awards
*Japanese Academy Awards:
**Best Supporting Actor: Kunie Tanaka
References
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