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Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance • 13m

Shot in 2016, this new interview with Sensei Yoshimitsu Katsuse, fifteenth headmaster of the Suio-ryu martial arts system, documents and demonstrates the reality of samurai swordsmanship in contrast to its fictitious representation of the Lone Wolf and Cub film series.

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