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75% Critic Match
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
7.5 / 10• 1993• 2h 0m•NR• Japanese
ActionThriller
Storyline
A noble samurai serving the Shogun as 'Kogi Kaishaku-nin' (Official Executioner) is the target of a plot by the evil Yagyu Clan to take away his position and replace him with a member of their own family. When his wife is murdered and evidence is produced that he was plotting against the Shogun the Code of Bushido calls for him and his son to commit sepuku. Instead he defies the Shogun's orders and takes up arms against his enemies, becoming an assassin for hire.
Cast & Crew
Masakazu Tamura
Ogami Itto
Lead
Tatsuya Nakadai
Yagyu Retsudo
YS
Yushi Shoda
Daigoro
Shiho Fujimura
Wife of the Chamberlain
Isao Hashizume
Yagyu Bizen
Kimiko Ikegami
Yagyu Chizuro
Renji Ishibashi
Matsudaira
Shima Iwashita
Abandoned woman bearing a daughter
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Akira Inoue's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
