Yoshiyuki Kuroda

Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell

Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell

In the final Lone Wolf and Cub film, star Tomisaburo Wakayama decided to make the sort of wild movie he’d always wanted to: one in which Lone Wolf battles zombies and Daigoro’s baby cart zips improbably across an icy landscape on skis.

Film Info

  • Japan
  • 1974
  • 83 minutes
  • Color
  • 2.40:1
  • Japanese

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Lone Wolf and Cub

Lone Wolf and Cub

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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: White Heaven in Hell
Cast
Tomisaburo Wakayama
Itto Ogami
Akihiro Tomikawa
Daigoro
Junko Hitomi
Kaori Yagyu
Goro Mutsumi
Ozunu Iwane
Daigo Kusano
Mudo
Jiro Miyaguchi
Muga
Renji Ishibashi
Mumon
Ritsu Ishiyama
Shogun
Chie Kobayashi
Azusa
Gakuya Morita
Uneme Imanishi
Koji Fujiyama
Tatewaki Tomita
Kyoichi Sato
Ryunosuke Kiyota
Minoru Oki
Retsudo Yagyu
Isao Kimura
Hyoe Tsuchigumo
Credits
Director
Yoshiyuki Kuroda
Produced by
Tomisaburo Wakayama
Produced by
Masanori Sanada
Screenplay by
Tsutomu Nakamura
Based on the manga by
Kazuo Koike
Based on the manga by
Goseki Kojima
Cinematography by
Chikashi Makiura
Lighting by
Hiroshi Mima
Sound by
Tsuchitaro Hayashi
Production design by
Akira Naito
Music by
Kunihiko Murai
Edited by
Toshio Taniguchi
Fight choreography
Eiichi Kusumoto
Sound effects
Toru Kurashima
Assistant director
Yoji Ogura
Makeup
Hideo Yumoto
Makeup
Toshio Tanaka
Costumes
Yasunao Inui
Special stunts
Daizen Shishido

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