Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (Japanese: 子連れ狼　三途の川の乳母車 or Kozure Ōkami: Sanzu no kawa no ubaguruma, literally Wolf with Child in Tow: Perambulator of the River of Sanzu) is the second in a series of six Japanese martial arts films based on the long-running Lone Wolf and Cub manga series about Ogami Ittō, a wandering assassin for hire who is accompanied by his young son, Daigoro. The disgraced former executioner, or Kogi Kaishakun... more

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (Japanese: 子連れ狼　三途の川の乳母車 or Kozure Ōkami: Sanzu no kawa no ubaguruma, literally Wolf with Child in Tow: Perambulator of the River of Sanzu) is the second in a series of six Japanese martial arts films based on the long-running Lone Wolf and Cub manga series about Ogami Ittō, a wandering assassin for hire who is accompanied by his young son, Daigoro. The disgraced former executioner, or Kogi Kaishakunin to the shogun, Ogami Ittō is now living rough on the land with his three-year-old son Daigoro, travelling the countryside as a hired killer. Pushing his son in a baby cart, he stops at a bathhouse looking for a room and a bath, and is eagerly welcomed in by a young woman. However, the manager of the house sees Ittō as a dirty vagabond and scolds the young woman for letting him in the house. Overhearing this, Ittō goes to the baby cart and retrieves a bundle and hands it to the manager for safe keeping – it is 500 gold pieces, earned from a... less