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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx poster
Original title
子連れ狼 三途の川の乳母車
Directed by
Kenji Misumi
Genre
drama film, samurai cinema, martial arts film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 21m
Rated
18
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 197 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wandering samurai and his young son travel through feudal Japan. The samurai works as an assassin for hire while carrying his son in a cart.

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What happens

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (子連れ狼 三途の川の乳母車, Kozure Ōkami: Sanzu no kawa no ubaguruma; literally "Wolf with Child in Tow: Perambulator of the River of Sanzu") is the second 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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