Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Kozure Okami: Shinikazeni mukau ubaguruma / Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades

Kenji Misumi: Kozure Okami: 子連れ狼 死に風に向う乳母車 / Shinikazeni mukau ubaguruma / Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (JP 1972) starring Tomisaburo Wakayama (Ogami) and Akihiro Tomikawa (Daigoro).

子連れ狼 死に風に向う乳母車 / Okami – Der Wind des Todes / Sword of Vengeance, Part III.
    JP 1972. PC: Katsu Production / Toho Company. D: Kenji Misumi. SC: Kazuo Koike – based on the comic strip by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima. DP: Chishi Makiura – Eastmancolor – Tohoscope. Starring Tomisaburo Wakayama (Ogami), Akihiro Tomikawa (Daigoro). 89 min.
    A good print from Rapid Eye Movies, deutsche Untertitel, e-subtitles in English.
    Viewed at Cinema Orion, Helsinki, 16 April 2008.

The wandering samurai, the ex-executioner with his baby cart. He helps a wronged prostitute and receives sadistic torture on her behalf. In the climax he defeats an army. – Devastatingly powerful action saga.



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