Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell (1974)
1974 · Feature film · 83 min · dir. Yoshiyuki Kuroda
- Drama
Synopsis
In the final Lone Wolf and Cub film, Ogami and Daigoro face the Yagyu clan's last assault, from an army of the risen dead to a battle on snow with the baby cart on skis.
Synopsis, reviewed
Details
- Director
- Yoshiyuki Kuroda
- Writer
- Tsutomu Nakamura
- Composer
- Kunihiko Murai
- Cinematography
- Chikashi Makiura
- Studio
- Katsu Production, TOHO
- Released
- 1974-04-24
- Original title
- 子連れ狼 地獄へ行くぞ！大五郎
- Series
- Lone Wolf and Cub Collection
- Running time
- 83 minutes
- Language
- Japanese
- Collection
- Feature Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Yoshiyuki Kuroda
- chanbara
- Jadaigeki
- exploitation cinema
- graphic violence
- English-subtitles
Cast & crew
Yoshiyuki Kuroda Director
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Akihiro Tomikawa- Junko Hitomi
Gorō Mutsumi
Daigo Kusano
Jiro Miyaguchi
Renji Ishibashi- Teruo Ishiyama
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Going out with a bang · DK1329 · 2025-12-15
When the film opens with the baby kart skiing down a snowy mountain, you know you’re in for a treat. The final film in the series ramps up the fantasy elements like never before, and there are some magnificent sights in this one. Ninja assassins hiding INSIDE cemetery walls to ambush Ogami, zombie samurai that can tunnel beneath the ground and (apparently) levitate behind trees kill everyone who comes into contact with Ogami and Daigoro. The acrobatic, knife-juggling daughter of the Yagyu clan kills three samurai with ease, but is no match for Ogami. The final glorious battle in the snow is…
★★★★★ · One of a kind. · buff24seven 365 · 2026-09-08
A pure Masterpiece.