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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (1972)

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades poster
Original title
子連れ狼 死に風に向う乳母車
Directed by
Kenji Misumi
Genre
drama film, martial arts film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
R
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 166 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A masterless samurai and his toddler son travel through feudal Japan. He takes on a job from a clan warlord that leads to a series of brutal confrontations.

grittymethodicalviolentstoictensemelancholicvisceralcontemplative

What happens

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (子連れ狼 死に風に向う乳母車, Kozure Ōkami: Shinikazeni mukau ubaguruma; "Wolf with Child in Tow: Perambulator Against the Winds of Death"), is the third in a series of six Japanese martial arts films based on the long-running Lone Wolf and Cub manga series about Ogami Ittō, a wandering assassin for hire who is accompanied by his young son, Daigoro. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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