jap_ger; [Shinikazeni mukau ubaguruma, Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades, Lone Wolf & Cub - Der Wind des Todes]; ein samurai beschützt eine zur prostitution gezwungene frau und bekommt von deren häschern den auftrag einen korrupten bezirksverwalter zu töten.;

I found this one to be a bit less fun (and a bit more rape-y) than its predecessors. The movie spends a lot of time mulling over all those old samurai notions of honor, which is fine, but it's done in a billion other movies. It doesn't really get cooking until the third act. But I do like the sense of escalation in this series. Diagoro takes on a greater role, the odds become crazier, and Ogami's arsenal gets bigger (at this point, the "baby cart" is more of a baby tank).

A body count of about a bazillion but with a well rounded story and better characterisation than the first two make this the best Lone Wolf and Cub yet. Plus it features a watermelon with a hat on which means it that it is clearly inspiration for Hausu (although it doesn't cackle!)

Tomisaburo Wakayama plays Ogami Itto, assassin for hire who is also being pursued by the evil Yagyu clan. With the help of his young son and his tricked out, weapons-laden baby cart, Itto destroys his enemies, usually in a geyser of blood. A wonderful series of six bloody chanbara films.

I'm going to prematurely call Baby Cart to Hades the best film in this series. While the first two entries play like parts in a serial, this is a fully-realized work directed with creativity and confidence by Misumi. The script is also better. Itto is a sympathetic, three-dimensional character now, not just an asshole with a sword who kills shit in order to inflate the body count. It's still a bloodbath, but it has a sense of purpose that's missing from parts one and two. Recommended.

Good samurai film somewhat spoiled by a silly machine gun pram scene.