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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril (1972)

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril poster
Original title
子連れ狼 親の心子の心
Directed by
Buichi Saitō
Genre
drama film, samurai cinema
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 21m
Rated
18
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 158 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A masterless samurai and his toddler son continue their journey of revenge. They are hired to kill a target but find themselves drawn into a conspiracy involving a female assassin.

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What happens

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril (子連れ狼 親の心子の心, Kozure Ōkami: Oya no kokoro ko no kokoro; literally "Wolf with Child in Tow: The Heart of a Parent, the Heart of a Child") is the fourth in a series of six Japanese martial arts films based on the long-running Lone Wolf and Cub manga series about Ogami Ittō, directed by Buichi Saitō. The film has also been released as Shogun Assassin 3: Slashing Blades of Carnage, the second sequel to Shogun Assassin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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