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Set in Japan during an unspecific year of the Edo period, the story follows Ogami Ittō, the Royal Executioner for the Royal Court who is stripped of his title when falsely accused of treason by a rival faction. Paying the ultimate price for this falsehood, his wife is murdered and Ogami wanders the countryside, pushing a baby cart with his 3-year-old son Daigoro inside, to take their vengeance on the Yagyu clan who have made all this happen.
Movie rating: 7.7 / 10 (9059)
Directed by: Kenji Misumi - Kazuo Koike - Goseki Kojima
Writer credits: Kazuo Koike - Kazuo Koike - Goseki Kojima
Cast: Tomisaburo Wakayama - Fumio Watanabe - Gô Katô - Tomoko Mayama - Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
AKA: Kozure ôkami: Ko wo kashi ude kashi tsukamatsuru, Baby Cart, Lupine Wolf, Lone Wolf and Cub; Lend the Son, Lend the Arms, the be Arrested, Baby Cart in Hell, Sword of Vengance III, Lone Wolf and Cub: Child and Expertise for Rent, Baby Cart: Sword of Vengeance