Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades

1972 [JAPANESE]

Action / Drama

20
IMDb Rating 7.5/10 10 6055 6.1K

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Plot summary

Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by Yakuza in order to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain.

Director

Kenji Misumi Photo
Kenji Misumi

Top cast

Jun Hamamura Photo
Jun Hamamura as Miura Tatewaki
Hatsuo Yamaya Photo
Hatsuo Yamaya
Michitarô Mizushima Photo
Michitarô Mizushima as Itakura Naizen-no-Sho
Akihiro Tomikawa Photo
Akihiro Tomikawa as Ogami Daigoro
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821.12 MB
1280*534
Japanese 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 29 min
Seeds 1
1.49 GB
1920*800
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 29 min
Seeds 15

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by nkingstown3 9 / 10

Probably the strongest Babycart *possible spoilers*

This one and "Peril" are by far my favorites. In the opening scenes we see Ogami wipe out three ninja and it must be seen to be believed. I particularly liked the character development in this film. Itto meets Magomura Kanbei, a disgraced ronin much like himself. It appears Kanbei has a death wish and the reason is uncertain until the end of the movie. He is a very interesting character. Ogami is tortured by yakuza to save a prostitute who killed a pimp in self defense and this is how he is led to his next commission. Great story, and action that is second to none. His quick draw in one scene is so fast I swore the film was sped up. Well, it wasn't. The man is that good. Another plus, there's Hamada Yuko. She is one good-looking woman. This is a very enjoyable movie that can be viewed many times and it never gets old.
Reviewed by Boba_Fett1138 8 / 10

Not as constantly action packed as the previous movies and it seems slower as well but there are other things to compensate for this.

It seems that with this movie, the third out of the Kozure Ôkami-series, they picked a sort of different approach. This time the movie gets a bit more personal and dramatic, which goes at the expense of the movie its action. However once you get over this and get more into the movie itself, you'll still be grabbed and entertained by it as well.It's not even fair to say really that this movie does not have enough action in it. The movie still features quite a lot of fights and at the end Ogami Itto even takes on a whole army by himself. Still by comparison it's all a bit toned down and there is also less blood. The entire series is basically known for its fountains of blood but this movie does not provide the best example of this.It's less entertaining but its a more solidly written story than its predecessors, as it seems. The first two movies were mostly adventurous ones in which lone wolf and cub wandered the country, meeting all kinds of people and getting into all kinds of problems. This movie does more clearly follow one story-line, that from beginning to end is basically all connected, without ever wandering off with its story and follow some side plots with it. Not everybody will like this and I must admit that I wasn't too fond about the approach the movie was taking at first but as the movie progresses it becomes more solid and you can also tell what the movie was heading towards to during its first half.It seems like a weaker movie out of the series at first but once things start to take off you should be able to appreciate it different approach and see this movie as simply yet another great once within its great series.8/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/
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