Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx

Original title: Kozure Ôkami: Sanzu no kawa no ubaguruma

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

Trailed by a clan of female ninja, Ogami is paid to assassinate a clan traitor accompanied by three killers known as the Gods of Death.Trailed by a clan of female ninja, Ogami is paid to assassinate a clan traitor accompanied by three killers known as the Gods of Death.Trailed by a clan of female ninja, Ogami is paid to assassinate a clan traitor accompanied by three killers known as the Gods of Death.

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7.9/10

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Trivia
The distinctive hats worn by the Gods of Death, are a traditional Japanese straw hat often associated with ronin. The style of hat is known as roningasa. 'Ronin' meaning masterless and wandering samurai, and 'gasa' meaning hat.

Goofs
When Ogami and Daigoro are walking through the forest shortly before being attacked by Kurokawa and his ninja henchmen (around the 31:30 mark), cars can be seen driving by in the background on the left side of the frame.

Quotes
Benma Hidari: [Ogami Itto has bested him and slashed him across the neck with a sword; blood is starting to flow from the wound, making a certain sound] My neck... my own neck... It sounds like it's wailing. My neck was sliced open diagonally. The cut wails like a cold winter wind. They call it "mogari-bue," - the whistle of a fallen tiger. I've always wished to kill someone, just once, and create such a fine cut and to sing this tune. Now I'm hearing it from my own neck. What a laugh.
[rolls over dead, with blood spurting out from his neck wound onto the sand]

Connections
Edited into Shogun Assassin (1980)

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A combination of intelligent plot and blood spurting action. A winner!

It was this film that converted me to the joys of blood spattered gory Japanese epics. The action is amazing - each fight scene a gem. The main characters take everything so calmly that I began to see Blues Brothers-esque deadpan humour in some of the more gruesome sequences. Watch this film with your friends so you can all scream at the TV each time a fight kicks in. It worked for me.