Japan Synopsis
子連れ狼 死に風に向う乳母車
In the third film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by Yakuza to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
12 sharedLone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
★ 7.3 · Japan
7 sharedLone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
★ 7.3 · Japan
6 sharedLone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
★ 7.5 · Japan
6 sharedThe Tale of Zatoichi
★ 7.2 · Japan
6 sharedLone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
★ 7.4 · Japan
6 sharedThe Tale of Zatoichi Continues
★ 6.9 · Japan
Other Titles From TOHO
Drama + Action in Japan
444 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades itself).
The 1971–1973 Japan Window
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades holds position #19 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 to Hades premiered alongside 19 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 19 other Japan films in 1972.
The 378th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
122 audience reviews — more than 79% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (79th percentile) outruns trending popularity (58th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- villain · 5
- chanbara · 14
- chambara · 12
- martial artist · 12
- blood splatter · 11
- martial arts master · 10
- duel · 9
- decapitation · 8
- japan · 454
- martial arts · 369
- sequel · 143
- samurai · 128
- kung fu · 121
- yakuza · 93
- jidaigeki · 61
- sword fight · 56
- gore · 51
- assassin · 47
- sword · 36
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,748 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (62nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.3 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #754 of 1,933 (top 39%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | TOHO, Katsu Production |
| Runtime | 1h 29m |
| Release Date | September 2, 1972 |
| IMDb | tt0068817 |