Lone Wolf & Cub, #5

Lone Wolf and Cub:  Baby Cart in the Land of Demons

Japanese, English Subtitles

1973, 89 minutes

5 Stars

#5 in the LWC series, and so far, the most violent Rainy Day has seen. No fly-by-wire stuff, just good swordfights, and lots of spurting blood (oddly humorous and beyond reality). Not an easy movie to watch, in some respects, but well done. LWC is not everyone's idea of a Hero, he is, after all, a paid assassin, and he and his son walk the pathway to hell. Rainy Day keeps watching because she hopes, by the last in the series, Ogami-san will be reinstated to favor, and the bad guys will get their reward. The subtitles are excellent, and color coded so you know when more than one person is speaking. Ogami Itto must fight the bad guys, as well as the good guys in order to prove himself worthy.