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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx

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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.

Streaming Services:

VOD (Rent/Buy via Amazon)

Available with English subtitles.

Movie Details:

Title (Japanese)子連れ狼　三途の川の乳母車
Movie Length85 minutes
Original LanguageJapanese
Original Japanese Premiere DateApril 1972

Prequels/Sequels:

Each movie is in general a standalone story, but in terms of the release for the series, the order is the following:

  • Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
  • Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
  • Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
  • Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
  • Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
  • Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell

There are also different edits of these movies made for international audiences which are not listed on this site as duplicative of the core movie series listed above as shown in Japan.

Additionally there is a separate TV series and made-for-TV movie.

Manga Details:

AuthorKazuo Koike (小池 一夫)
ArtistGoseki Kojima (小島 剛夕)
Manga Length28 volumes
Availability in EnglishThe manga series is available in various formats in English from Dark Horse Comics.

Previously a weekly seinen magazine until 2003, it has then shifted to a twice-a-month publication by Futabasha.

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