He whips out his sword and relieves his victims of their heads!!
A Shogun who grew paranoid as he became senile sent his ninjas to kill his samurai. They failed but did kill the samurai’s wife. The samurai swore to avenge the death of his wife and roams the countryside with his toddler son in search of vengeance.
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Tomisaburō Wakayama
Ogami Itto
Akihiro Tomikawa
Daigoro Ogami
Kayo Matsuo
Supreme Ninja
Minoru Ōki
Master of Death
Shin Kishida
Master of Death
Shogen Nitta
Master of Death
Reiko Kasahara
Azami
Akiji Kobayashi
Lord Kurogawa
Taketoshi Naitō
Lord Bizen
Tokio Oki
The Shogun
Lamont Johnson
Voice (voice)
Marshall Efron
Voice (voice)
Sandra Bernhard
Voice (voice)
Vic Davis
Voice (voice)
Lennie Weinrib
Voice (voice)
Kenji Misumi
Director
Robert Houston
Director
David Weisman
Writer
Kazuo Koike
Screenplay
Robert Houston
Screenplay
Peter Shanaberg
Executive Producer
Shintarō Katsu
Producer
Roger Corman
Producer
Robert Houston
Producer
David Weisman
Producer
Hisaharu Matsubara
Producer
Kunihiko Murai
Original Music Composer
Mark Lindsay
Original Music Composer
Hideaki Sakurai
Original Music Composer
W. Michael Lewis
Original Music Composer
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