# Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (1972)

> A solitary swordsman submits to torture and accepts a deadly political commission in a stark, code-bound samurai saga.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/26569

## Facts

- Runtime: 89 min
- Genres: Drama, Action, Adventure, Thriller
- Director: Kenji Misumi
- Cast: Tomisaburō Wakayama, Gō Katō, Yūko Hamada, Isao Yamagata, Michitarō Mizushima, Ichirō Nakatani, Akihiro Tomikawa, Sayoko Katō
- TMDB rating: 7.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068817/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: austere, contemplative, tense, samurai movie night, martial arts double feature

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- [Zatoichi the Outlaw (1967)](https://ember.film/movie/36977)

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