Japan Synopsis
子連れ狼 親の心子の心
In the fourth film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto is hired to kill a tattooed female assassin and battles Retsudo, head of the Yagyu clan, and his son Gunbei.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
6 sharedLone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
★ 7.5 · Japan
6 sharedLone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
★ 7.2 · Japan
6 sharedLone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
★ 7.3 · Japan
5 sharedLone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
★ 7.3 · Japan
5 sharedThe Tale of Zatoichi
★ 7.2 · Japan
5 sharedBaragaki: Unbroken Samurai
★ 6.3 · Japan
Other Titles From TOHO
The 1971–1973 Japan Window
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril holds position #11 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 in Peril premiered alongside 19 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 19 other Japan films in 1972.
The 383rd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
118 audience reviews — more than 79% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (79th percentile) outruns trending popularity (54th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- chanbara · 14
- chambara · 12
- japan · 454
- samurai · 128
- jidaigeki · 61
- assassin · 47
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,374 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (70th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.5 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #594 of 1,714 (top 35%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | TOHO, Katsu Production |
| Runtime | 1h 21m |
| Release Date | December 30, 1972 |
| IMDb | tt0143348 |