Japan Synopsis
子連れ狼 三途の川の乳母車
In the second film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must assassinate a traitor who plans to sell his clan's secrets to the Shogunate.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
12 sharedLone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
★ 7.2 · Japan
6 sharedThe Tale of Zatoichi
★ 7.2 · Japan
6 sharedLone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
★ 7.3 · Japan
5 sharedLone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
★ 7.5 · Japan
5 sharedLone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
★ 7.4 · Japan
4 sharedSamurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
★ 7.3 · Japan
Other Titles From Katsu Production
Action + Drama in Japan
444 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx itself).
The 1971–1973 Japan Window
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx holds position #16 of 62 Japan films in the 1971–1973 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1970s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1970s in Japan, 197 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx premiered alongside 19 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 19 other Japan films in 1972.
The 371st Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
154 audience reviews — more than 82% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (82th percentile) outruns trending popularity (58th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- head split in half · 1
- ronin · 18
- chanbara · 14
- chambara · 12
- martial artist · 12
- blood splatter · 11
- martial arts master · 10
- decapitation · 8
- female ninja · 6
- martial arts · 369
- sequel · 143
- samurai · 128
- jidaigeki · 61
- based on comic · 58
- sword fight · 56
- assassin · 47
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,553 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (66th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.4 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #666 of 1,714 (top 39%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Katsu Production, TOHO |
| Runtime | 1h 21m |
| Release Date | April 22, 1972 |
| IMDb | tt0068816 |