Tag: Tomisaburo Wakayama

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  Lone Wolf And Cub: Baby Cart In Peril (1972)

  February 23, 2023

  1970s, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Japanese Cinema, Samurai Movies, Sequels

  With the Criterion Collection boxset of Lone Wolf And Cub beckoning me back on the demon path to hell, it was time to continue with the fourth entry, Baby Cart In Peril (1972). Being in the back half of the series, there were definitely sequences where I was like, this feels familiar, have they done… Read.

• Lone Wolf And Cub: Baby Cart At The River Styx (1972)

  July 3, 2022

  1970s, Action, Drama, Japanese Cinema, Road Movie, Samurai Movies, Western

  I had a VHS copy of Lone Wolf And Cub: Baby Cart At The River Styx (1972), the second film in the wandering samurai and son series from Japan, taped on a VCR during a SBS Cult Movie night. I’ve always remembered it vividly because the bad guys are a group of highly skilled assassins,… Read.

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  Lone Wolf And Cub: Sword Of Vengeance (1972)

  June 20, 2022

  1970s, Action, Adventure, Costume Drama, Drama, Japanese Cinema, Road Movie, Samurai Movies, Thriller

  It’s hard not to be nostalgic for things like Saturday Cult Movie nights on SBS with Des Magnan with the type of movies I’d get exposed to on free to air TV growing up as a teenager. The Lone Wolf And Cub series tended to get played a lot, and I think I’ve only seen… Read.