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Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell

Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell

19747.11h 23m

Overview

With most of his family already dead at Ogami Itto's hands, Retsudo launches one final plot to destroy him, and when that fails, unleashes the fury of every remaining member of the Yagyu clan.

Directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda
Written by Tsutomu Nakamura, Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima
Produced by Masanori Sanada, Tomisaburō Wakayama
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Top Cast

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Ogami Itto

Akihiro Tomikawa

Akihiro Tomikawa

Ogami Daigoro

J

Junko Hitomi

Yagyu Kaori

Gorō Mutsumi

Gorō Mutsumi

Iwane Ozunu

Daigo Kusano

Daigo Kusano

Mudo

Jiro Miyaguchi

Jiro Miyaguchi

Muga

Renji Ishibashi

Renji Ishibashi

Mumon

T

Teruo Ishiyama

Shogun

C

Chie Kobayashi

Azusa

Manabu Morita

Manabu Morita

Imanishi Uneme

Themes & Keywords

japanassassinsamuraichambarajidaigekiedo periodchanbara

About Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell

Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell is a action, adventure, fantasy, drama film released in 1974 exploring themes of japan, assassin, samurai, chambara, jidaigeki, edo period. Directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda, it stars Tomisaburō Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa, Junko Hitomi. With most of his family already dead at Ogami Itto's hands, Retsudo launches one final plot to destroy him, and when that fails, unleashes the fury of every remaining member of the Yagyu clan.

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