All Episodes of Lone Wolf and Cub
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Season 1
NaN/100 votesLoading...My Son and My Sword for Hire
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/8/1973
A noblewoman who was forced into prostitution after her fiancé and family were murdered at their wedding, asks Itto to kill the man responsible, a spurned former suitor.
Director: N/A
Writer: Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima, Eizaburo Shiba
NaN/100 votesLoading...Birds Have Wings, Beast Have Fangs / Fangs of the Wolf
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/15/1973
Ogami Itto and his young son Daigoro arrive in a town known for its hot springs, but the entire village has been taken over by a gang of murderous bounty hunters.
Director: N/A
Writer: Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima
NaN/100 votesLoading...Ikkou-Bashi Bridge
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/22/1973
Poisoned after a surprise attack, Ogami must face a deadly gauntlet of Yagyu assassins in order to fulfill a promise made to a dying man who saved Daigoro.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...The Assassin’s Road / Highway of Assassins
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/29/1973
A meeting on the Assassin’s Road causes Itto to remember the events leading up to his wife’s murder, and why he chose to bring his son with him on his mission of vengeance.
Director: Minoru Matsushima
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...Daigoro and Omatsu / The Lowly Maid
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/6/1973
Multiple stories interweave as Daigoro becomes lost while seeking medicine for his father and is befriended by a young woman who is being sold into service by a loan shark.
Director: Minoru Matsushima
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...Deflowering / Amya and Anema
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/13/1973
When his father is delayed for multiple days after an assassination goes awry, a desperate Daigoro wanders off and falls into the hands of a ruthless gang of criminals.
Director: Minoru Matsushima
Writer: N/A
10.0/101 votesLoading...The Guns of Sakai / The Sakai Rifle
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/20/1973
Itto is hired to assassinate a gunsmith who has reportedly developed a repeating rifle, a weapon that could completely destabilize the balance of power in Japan.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...The Shield and The Castle / The Castle Wall Attack
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/27/1973
Itto accepts an assignment to stop a shipment of gold, assassinate a government official, kill an entire team of covert agents and prevent a small clan from being framed.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...The Endless Six Paths / Six Roads to Infinity
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/3/1973
As Lord Yagyu prepares to send his last and strongest son, Gunbei, to kill Itto Ogami, the events of Gunbei and Itto's previous duel are revealed.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...Baby Cart on The River Styx
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/10/1973
A scheming magistrate's plan places Itto in the middle of a war between two Yakuza families, one of which is lead by the daughter of the leader of the other.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...The Deer Hunters
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/17/1973
While the Yagyu set a trap for Itto, a group of con artists pose as Lone Wolf and Cub and a disgraced Samurai takes on the role of Ogami.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...Ochiyo's Boat
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/24/1973
As Itto waits for an opportunity to assassinate a sadistic Lord, he and Daigoro observe the life of a young boat woman who must sell herself to support the man she loves.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...The Mysterious Pickpocket / No Betrayal
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 7/1/1973
While Itto tracks down the killers of a young woman's entire family, Daigoro becomes caught up in a policeman's hunt for a notorious female pickpocket.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...North to South, West to East
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 7/8/1973
Itto accepts a job that will protect the location of a secret gold mine, but the task is complicated when a rival swordsman takes Itto's target's son hostage.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...The Night of The Fang
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 7/15/1973
Itto must deal with a well-wishing doctor and a group of shadow ninja when he's tasked with killing a group of assassins who're rgeting the Shogun's lover.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...Cloud Dragon, Wind Tiger
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 7/22/1973
Itto returns to a spot on the banks of the Shinobu River where he once executed the lord of a Clan, and faces a samurai he defeated in a duel four years earlier.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...Asaemon the Beheader / Executioner Asaemon
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 7/29/1973
Government officials convince Asaemon the Beheader, one of the few swordsmen in Japan with a level of skill close to Ogami’s, to kill Itto in combat.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...A Meager, Peaceful Life / Half Mat, One Mat, Two And A Half Go Of Rice
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 8/5/1973
Itto meets Sakon Shino, a beggar samurai who has given up killing for a life as a street performer. Shino urges Itto to give up his assassin life, for the sake of his son.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...The 8 Gate Attack Formation
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 8/12/1973
The Lone Wolf and Cub have their work cut out for them when a seemingly simple job turns into a deadly game of lies and intrigue.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...The Chrysanthemum Inn
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 8/19/1973
The Lone Wolf and Cub rescue a woman who has sold herself into prostitution in order to stage her revenge on her murdered brother’s evil fiancé.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...Mercenary Swordsmen / The Crossing Guard
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 8/26/1973
Desperate to keep their clan from being dissolved, the family of a murdered Lord fake the real killer’s murder and ask Itto to verify their false claim.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...Bekinoji's Tragedy
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 9/2/1973
Assassins from the Kurokuwa clan stage a non-stop series of attacks that lasts for days, slowly steering an exhausted Lone Wolf and Cub into a deadly trap.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...Thread of Tears
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 9/9/1973
Itto is hired to kill a samurai who has allegedly turned his men against Lord Norikatsu, but the true reasons turn out to be far more complex and deceptive.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...Concealed Letter of The Yagyu / The Yagyu Letter
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 9/16/1973
Ogami mysteriously joins a group of “the unclothed”, men with the unusual job of carrying people and baggage across a river where bridges and ferries are forbidden.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...Daigoro's Song
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 9/23/1973
After being thrown off a cliff during a battle with the Yagyu assassins, Daigoro searches for his now missing father while avoiding his family’s many enemies.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...Drifting Shadow
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 9/30/1973
Itto tries to follow the trail left by his missing son, Daigoro, while fighting off the forces of Lord Retsudo and his Yagyu assassins.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A