Adventure films directed by Kenji Misumi, Buichi Saido and Yoshiyuki Kuroda, starring Tomisaburo Wakayama and Akihiro Tomikawa.
A royal assassin leaves his job on bad terms and the Yagyus send assassins to kill him. The assassin brings his only son with him in a heavily armed "baby cart" and rents himself out to kill people for 500 ryo. As the people following him to kill him are slain, the survivors enlist the aid of other groups in killing the "lone wolf with cub".
These films are the basis for the English version of Shogun Assassin. There is a lot of action and lots of blood. The special effects look convincing, despite the time period in which they were made. The camera-work is something that modern western filmmakers could learn a lot from. I think the whole concept of this film series is cool and it was well executed (pun intended), so I'm rating it awesome.
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