Kenji Misumi

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx

In this exploitation-cinema classic, which took the action and graphic violence of the Lone Wolf and Cub series to delirious new heights, Itto Ogami and Daigoro continue their quest for vengeance through meifumado, the spiritual way of “demons and damnation,” pursued constantly by the Shadow Yagyu clan and the shogun’s spies.

Film Info

  • Japan
  • 1972
  • 81 minutes
  • Color
  • 2.40:1
  • Japanese

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Collector's Set

Lone Wolf and Cub

Lone Wolf and Cub

Blu-ray Box Set

3 Discs

$79.96

Collector's Set

Lone Wolf and Cub

Lone Wolf and Cub

DVD Box Set

5 Discs

$79.96

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
Cast
Tomisaburo Wakayama
Itto Ogami
Akihiro Tomikawa
Daigoro
Kayo Matsuo
Sayaka Yagyu
Minoru Oki
Benma Hidari
Shin Kishida
Kuruma Hidari
Shogen Nitta
Tenma Hidari
Akiji Kobayashi
Ozunu Kurokuwa
Kappei Matsumoto
Ichirobei Hirano
Takashi Ehata
Sanji
Izumi Ayukawa
O-Toki
Reiko Kasahara
O-Chika
Yukiji Ikeda
O-Ren
Yuriko Mishima
O-Yo
Credits
Director
Kenji Misumi
Produced by
Shintaro Katsu
Produced by
Hisaharu Matsubara
Screenplay by
Kazuo Koike
Based on the manga by
Kazuo Koike
Based on the manga by
Goseki Kojima
Cinematography by
Chikashi Makiura
Sound by
Tsuchitaro Hayashi
Lighting by
Hiroshi Mima
Production design by
Akira Naito
Edited by
Toshio Taniguchi
Music by
Hideaki Sakurai
Costumes
Yoshio Ueno
Fight choreography
Eiichi Kusumoto
Sound effects
Toru Kurashima
Assistant director
Senro Kobayashi
Special stunts
Daizen Shishido
Mechanical effects
Shin-Ei Art Workshop

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