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* AssholeVictim: All of the people Ito assassinates in the movie have done bad things deserving of execution.
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* AssholeVictim: All of the people Ito assassinates in the movie have done bad things deserving of execution. Including, surprisingly, the young girl in ''Baby Cart In The Land of Demons''.
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''Manga/LoneWolfAndCub'' was adapted into five feature length {{Jidaigeki}} films from 1972-1980 starring Tomisaburo Wakayama as the outlawed {{Samurai}} executioner Ogami Ito.
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''Manga/LoneWolfAndCub'' was adapted into five six feature length {{Jidaigeki}} films from 1972-1980 starring Tomisaburo Wakayama as the outlawed {{Samurai}} executioner Ogami Ito.
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* FearInducedIdiocy: In ''Baby Cart In Peril,'' Itto has taken the local Lord Owari hostage after [[spoiler: a failed attempt to quell their persecution of a Gomune village by revealing the late Enki's nature as a rapist and why his death at Oyuki's hands was necessary]]. Their pursuers try killing off the Lone Wolf and his Cub with a volley of gunpowder fire. Owari takes cover with them for a time, but loses himself to fear and exits his hiding spot to try and stand the shooters down. He's unceremoniously wiped out by the volley that follows.
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''Manga/LoneWolfAndCub'', has been adapted into five feature length {{Jidaigeki}} films from 1972-1980 starring Tomisaburo Wakayama as the outlawed {{Samurai}} executioner Ogami Ito.
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* BBCQuarry: The final battles of both ''Baby Cart To Hades'' and ''Baby Cart In Peril'' are fought in the exact same quarry.
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* BBCQuarry: The final battles of both ''Baby Cart To to Hades'' and ''Baby Cart In Peril'' are fought in the exact same quarry.
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* KatanasAreJustBetter: As expected in a movie about a samurai and his son WanderingTheEarth.
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* KillTheParentRaiseTheChild: Discussed and subverted in ''Baby Cart to Hades''. Kanabe Magomura, the samurai whom Itto duels near the start of the film, offers to take his son Daigoro in and raise him should he cut Itto down. Itto denies the offer. He declares the duel a draw and [[spoiler:wins their later re-match handily]], making the offer irrelevant.
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The movie cast does not show up in the 1973 series. There was also a second series.
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The story concluded in a 1973-76 TV series, also starring the movie cast.
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The story concluded in a 1973-76 TV series, also starring series with Kinnosuke Yorozuya playing the movie cast.
character of Ogami itto. A second series aired on TV-Asahi from 2002-2004 featuring Kin[='=]ya Kitaoji in the leading role.
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* GunsAreUseless: The gunfighter leaves his revolvers on the bank when trying to save Daigoro from drowning. This enables Ito to take them, and kill his opponent in a swordfight.
** Averted as a general rule. Throughout the series, guns are treated as a very serious threat and one of the few things Ito can't overcome with his swordsmanship. Whenever they come into play, he seeks to neutralize them as quickly as possible.
** Averted as a general rule. Throughout the series, guns are treated as a very serious threat and one of the few things Ito can't overcome with his swordsmanship. Whenever they come into play, he seeks to neutralize them as quickly as possible.
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* GunsAreUseless: The gunfighter leaves his revolvers on the bank when trying to save Daigoro from drowning. This enables Ito to take them, and kill his opponent in a swordfight.
**Averted as a general rule. Throughout the series, guns are treated as a very serious threat and one of the few things Ito can't overcome with his swordsmanship. Whenever they come into play, he seeks to neutralize them as quickly as possible.
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* LastRequest: In ''White Heaven In Hell,'' Itto effortlessly wins his duel against Hyouei. The latter requests that he be let go to take of a final affair before he expires. Itto obliges. Unfortunately, said affair was him trying to impregnate his sister to prevent the Yagyu from siring an heir. Retsudo catches him in the act and puts both siblings out of their misery.
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* ThatManIsDead: Hyoei rejects Retsudo as a father when the latter comes to the mountain to recruit him in his campaign against Itto. When Itto demands a proper introduction during their duel later, Hyoei uses the surname ''Tsuchigumo'' instead of Yagyu.
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* ThatManIsDead: Hyoei Hyouei rejects Retsudo as a father when the latter comes to the mountain to recruit him in his campaign against Itto. When Itto demands a proper introduction during their duel later, Hyoei Hyouei uses the surname ''Tsuchigumo'' instead of Yagyu.
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* WouldHurtAChild: The opening scene of ''Shogun Assassin'' shows that the Shogun has ordered the execution of a daimyo that can't be older than five. Toddler Daigoro isn't to be spared the consequences of his father's supposed treason, either.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Everywhere.
** Being the son of a disgraced ''ronin'' makes Daigoro an occasional target for opportunistic {{Mooks}}. Even his own dad deliberately puts him in perilous situations to exploit kinder-hearted foes.
** Itto himself has cut down kids before: Theopening very first scene of ''Shogun Assassin'' shows that the Shogun has ordered the execution of in ''Sword Of Vengeance'' is Itto acting as an execution-assistant to a daimyo that can't be lord no older than five. Toddler Daigoro isn't to be spared ''five.'' The climax of the consequences of his father's supposed treason, either.fifth film sees him decapitating a child lord and their parents!
** Being the son of a disgraced ''ronin'' makes Daigoro an occasional target for opportunistic {{Mooks}}. Even his own dad deliberately puts him in perilous situations to exploit kinder-hearted foes.
** Itto himself has cut down kids before: The
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* CripplingOverspecialization: In ''White Heaven In Hell,'' the Tsuchigumo trio that stalk Itto can burrow (and move about) inside the ground. They spend the movie stalking Itto and slaughtering everyone he talks to. Itto eventually has enough and lures them into following him up a mountain pass. The snow makes it impossible for the trio to hide and their overreliance on digging ensures they almost freeze to death just by making the trek up. By the time they reach Itto, they're freezing, weakened and most importantly, forced into open combat. They're promptly riddled with bullets and unceremoniously skewered by the baby cart's side-blades.
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* EveryoneIsRelated: The films follow Ito's quest to kill every member of the shogun's family in revenge for the murder of his wife.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: In ''White Heaven In Hell,'' Retsudo [[spoiler: plunges his blade into the backs of Hyoei and his sister upon seeing the former force himself on the latter]].
* EveryoneIsRelated: The films followIto's Itto's quest to kill every member of the shogun's family in revenge for the murder of his wife.
* EveryoneIsRelated: The films follow
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* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Ito is fundamentally sympathetic to Oyuki's desire to avenge her rape in ''Baby Cart In Peril'', but he points out that her method of achieving it has resulted in whole families' worth of collateral damage - innocent victims who are fully justified in seeking vengeance on ''her''. Her reaction makes it clear that she'd never considered this.
* GoneHorriblyRight: Retsudo's attempts to isolate his illegitimate son Shobei work ''far'' too well. After recalling Shobei to face Itto, Retsudo lies he intends to father a child on Shobei's sister Sayaka and send Shobei far away. When Shobei is mortally wounded, he forces himself on Sayaka to ensure Retsudo won't, to Retsudo's utter shock and horror. Retsudo reveals to the dead Shobei he intended only to ensure he remained in peace away from the Yagyu bloody legacy. It's a rare miscalculation from the old man.
* GoneHorriblyRight: Retsudo's attempts to isolate his illegitimate son Shobei work ''far'' too well. After recalling Shobei to face Itto, Retsudo lies he intends to father a child on Shobei's sister Sayaka and send Shobei far away. When Shobei is mortally wounded, he forces himself on Sayaka to ensure Retsudo won't, to Retsudo's utter shock and horror. Retsudo reveals to the dead Shobei he intended only to ensure he remained in peace away from the Yagyu bloody legacy. It's a rare miscalculation from the old man.
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* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Ito Itto is fundamentally sympathetic to Oyuki's desire to avenge her rape in ''Baby Cart In Peril'', but he points out that her method of achieving it has resulted in whole families' worth of collateral damage - innocent victims who are fully justified in seeking vengeance on ''her''. Her reaction makes it clear that she'd never considered this.
* GoneHorriblyRight: Retsudo's attempts to isolate his illegitimate sonShobei Hyouei work ''far'' too well. After recalling Shobei Hyouei to face Itto, Retsudo lies he intends to father a child on Shobei's Hyouei's sister Sayaka and send Shobei Hyouei far away. When Shobei Hyouei is mortally wounded, he forces himself on Sayaka to ensure Retsudo won't, to Retsudo's utter shock and horror. Retsudo reveals to the dead Shobei Hyouei he intended only to ensure he remained in peace away from the Yagyu bloody legacy. It's a rare miscalculation from the old man.
* GoneHorriblyRight: Retsudo's attempts to isolate his illegitimate son
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** During the climactic fight at the end of ''Baby Cart To Hades'', Itto is outnumbered at least ten-to-one yet only two swordsmen ever attack him at a time.
** Subverted in the following film ''Baby Cart In Peril''. Retsudo's forces lure Itto into a trench to wear him down. He has to ambush foes to get out of there to prevent himself from being overwhelmed. After his later bout with Retsudo, a few Yagyu stragglers get lucky shots on the weakened Itto and all try to slice him one-by-one instead of waiting for each other. Itto only survives thanks to a hidden dagger he had on his person and Daigoro finding him in time.
** Subverted in the following film ''Baby Cart In Peril''. Retsudo's forces lure Itto into a trench to wear him down. He has to ambush foes to get out of there to prevent himself from being overwhelmed. After his later bout with Retsudo, a few Yagyu stragglers get lucky shots on the weakened Itto and all try to slice him one-by-one instead of waiting for each other. Itto only survives thanks to a hidden dagger he had on his person and Daigoro finding him in time.
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** During the climactic fight fights at the end of both ''Baby Cart To Hades'', Hades'' and ''Baby Cart In The Land Of Demons,'' Itto is outnumbered at least ten-to-one yet only two swordsmen foes ever rush to attack him at a time.
** Subverted inthe following film ''Baby Cart In Peril''. Retsudo's forces lure Itto into a trench to wear him down. He has to ambush foes to get out of there to prevent himself from being overwhelmed. After his later bout with Retsudo, a few Yagyu stragglers get lucky shots on the weakened Itto and all try to slice him one-by-one instead of waiting for each other. Itto only survives thanks to a hidden dagger he had on his person and Daigoro finding him in time.
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* PsychologicalCombat: Downplayed in ''White Heaven In Hell." While it still involves combat, the Tsuchigumo Trio make it a point to senselessly murder every person Itto and Daigoro ask for help from and rub it in their faces; confronting them with the futility of it all and calling the duo "angels of death."
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* ThatManIsDead: Hyoei rejects Retsudo as a father when the latter comes to the mountain to recruit him in his campaign against Itto. When Itto demands a proper introduction during their duel later, Hyoei uses the surname ''Tsuchigumo'' instead of Yagyu.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Exploited in ''White Heaven In Hell'' by Itto to get the leader of the non-honorable Tsuchigumo to clash with him in an official duel. Even as he's being dragged underground by the tunneling Tsuchigumo trio, he spends that time waxing prose on how cowardly he's acting. It works splendidly; Hyoei calling his goons off to fight in a duel he can't possibly win.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Exploited in ''White Heaven In Hell'' by Itto to get the leader of the non-honorable Tsuchigumo to clash with him in an official duel. Even as he's being dragged underground by the tunneling Tsuchigumo trio, he spends that time waxing prose on how cowardly he's acting. It works splendidly; Hyoei calling his goons off to fight in a duel he can't possibly win.
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* PyrrhicVictory: Retsudo by the end of the manga has lost his prestige, his followers, his clan and all his children. He's [[spoiler:victorious against Itto]] but ultimately he's lost everything and sheds final tears when he recalls his kids.
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* AdaptationalWimp: Downplayed. In the manga, Itto's mission to kill a radical priest involved developing the ability to suppress one's negative emotions and make people unable to do the same hesitant to fight; defying the concept of "Mu" to be able to strike down a holy man. In ''Baby Cart In The Land Of Demons,'' Itto doesn't bother developing this power - [[CompressedAdaptation Not that it matters, since he just ambushes the priest at a river later and kills him with few hang-ups.]]
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* AdaptationalWimp: Downplayed. In the manga, Itto's mission to kill a radical priest involved developing the ability to suppress one's negative emotions and make people unable to do the same hesitant to fight; defying the concept of "Mu" to be able to strike down a holy man. In ''Baby Cart In The Land Of Demons,'' Itto doesn't bother developing this power - [[CompressedAdaptation Not that it matters, since he just ambushes the priest at a river later and kills him with few hang-ups.]]
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* TheConspiracy: ''Baby Cart In The Land Of Demons'' has Itto participating in one (and ending another) as the premise. The Kuroda Clan hires Itto to slay various important people, most notably ''their own Lord'' and his immediate family, to free the true heir to the clan, who's been locked away by the Lord and replaced with an illegitimate daughter being passed off as his son. To this end, Itto has to secure incriminating documents that would get the clan dissolved, kill a Yagyu spy in a holy position and effectively wipe out the clan's whole army to get the job done.
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* CompressedAdaptation: ''Baby Cart In The Land Of Demons'' adapts elements from a story in the manga, in which a radical priest is militarizing peasants for a revolt. Itto has to develop a way to mask his killing intent (IE: defy the concept of "Mu") in order to cut down someone holy. In the film, the priest doesn't interface with peasants at all and is just a Yagyu spy. Itto also doesn't have to develop a counter to the man's power; ambushing him while he's being escorted along a river works just fine.
* TheConspiracy: ''Baby Cart In The Land Of Demons'' has Itto participating in one (and ending another) as the premise. The Kuroda Clan hires Itto to slay various important people, most notably ''their own Lord'' and his immediate family, to free the true heir to the clan, who's been locked away by the Lord and replaced with an illegitimate daughter being passed off as his son. To this end, Itto has to secure incriminating documents that would get the clan dissolved, kill a Yagyu spy in a holy position and effectively wipe out the clan's whole army to get the job done.
* TheConspiracy: ''Baby Cart In The Land Of Demons'' has Itto participating in one (and ending another) as the premise. The Kuroda Clan hires Itto to slay various important people, most notably ''their own Lord'' and his immediate family, to free the true heir to the clan, who's been locked away by the Lord and replaced with an illegitimate daughter being passed off as his son. To this end, Itto has to secure incriminating documents that would get the clan dissolved, kill a Yagyu spy in a holy position and effectively wipe out the clan's whole army to get the job done.
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* TheConspiracy: ''Baby Cart In The Land Of Demons'' has Itto participating in one (and ending another) as the premise. The Kuroda Clan hires Itto to slay various important people, most notably ''their own Lord'' and his immediate family, to free the true heir to the clan, who's been locked away by the Lord and replaced with an illegitimate daughter being passed off as his son. To this end, Itto has to secure incriminating documents that would get the clan dissolved, kill a Yagyu spy in a holy position and effectively wipe out the clan's whole army to get the job done.
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* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: Invoked frequently. Itto's targets and[=/=]or enemies get quite a bit of screen-time detailing their characters and motivations; giving depth to their inevitable end at the hands of the Lone Wolf and his Cub.
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* DragonWithAnAgenda: The Kuroda Clan operatives in the fifth film want to kill off their current masters and assert control, albeit for not-so-evil reasons - The Lord they want gone has locked his real son away and is trying to pass off an illegitimate daughter as his heir. His scheme's already been found out and the Clan will be dissolved if something isn't done about those in-the-know and those involved.
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* NobleDemon: The {{Ronin}} Gunbei sees Ito as a WorthyOpponent.
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* TheRival: Subverted. In ''Baby Cart In Peril,'' Junbei Yagyu has all the trappings of one: He's connected to Itto's past (and downfall) thanks to being the other candidate for position of ''Kaishakunin''[[note]]His intended promotion being the primary reason for Retsudo's power-play against the Itto family period.[[/note]] and he was more than a match for Itto in the old days. However, Ogami's abandonment of Bushido makes him stronger than Junbei in the present and the latter gets his arm sliced of. He ends ''In Peril'' with a decree that he'll be the one to cut Itto down. [[AbortedArc He never shows up in anything afterward.]]
