AKA Kozure ôkami: Ko wo kashi ude kashi tsukamatsuru. Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword Of Vengeance.
"Wash your neck and await my return."
Part one of the Lone Wolf and Cub series. Ogami Itto (Tomisaburo Wakayama) is the shogunates second, or executioner, who is framed for treason by a rival clan, wanting to exert influence on the Shogun. When his wife is murdered, he has to go on the run with his child, becoming a Ronin, a masterless samurai for hire. Meanwhile he has to remain undercover being sought out by the Yagyu clan who set him up.
Re-edited into 'Shogun Assassin', this the original is far superior and gorier, with an added drama and depth.
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