Japan Synopsis
子連れ狼 冥府魔道
In the fifth film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto is challenged by five warriors, each has one fifth of Ogami's assassin fee and one fifth of the information he needs to complete his assassination.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
7 sharedLone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
★ 7.2 · Japan
6 sharedLone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
★ 7.5 · Japan
6 sharedLone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
★ 7.3 · Japan
6 sharedLone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
★ 7.4 · Japan
5 sharedThe Tale of Zatoichi
★ 7.2 · Japan
5 sharedBaragaki: Unbroken Samurai
★ 6.3 · Japan
Other Titles From TOHO
Action + Crime in Japan
188 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Crime genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons itself).
The 1972–1974 Japan Window
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons holds position #17 of 69 Japan films in the 1972–1974 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 the Land of Demons premiered alongside 21 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 21 other Japan films in 1973.
The 400th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
106 audience reviews — more than 77% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (77th percentile) outruns trending popularity (50th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- chanbara · 14
- chambara · 12
- japan · 454
- martial arts · 369
- based on manga · 297
- samurai · 128
- jidaigeki · 61
- assassin · 47
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,569 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: #674 of 1,714 (top 39%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | TOHO, Katsu Production |
| Runtime | 1h 29m |
| Release Date | August 11, 1973 |
| IMDb | tt0143428 |