Oct 3, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min · 10 segments
We review Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972) on movie podcast The Collector's Cut. Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx is directed by Kenji Misumi and stars Tomisaburo…
Uh, so yeah, obviously this is the second one, and we've already established our main characters of Ito and his son Daigoro.
Uh, the, the demise of the mother, the fact that there's a secret organization behind the, the clans who try to, you know, conspire to take him down to get their way 'cause they're regaining power, and that's still kinda going on in the background.
The only real offshoot to that in this is that, uh, word is sent out to some sort of sub groups to try and take care of Ito, and that's, like, a big part of this plot.
But Ito also-
Mm
... takes on another job as an assassin as well, uh, which seems to be maybe the format and in this, this series now after two movies is that he'll have a job to do that he's taken on for money, but there's also ties to the ongoing plot of the people who want him dead because he's a threat to their new regime-
Yeah
... and all their, all their, uh, uh, you know, mechanisms and whatnot.
Just the, the beginning part of that, the idea of we, we are expanding out with these subgroups or whatever, it's kind of in that aspect reminding me of, like, a John Wick progression sort of thing.
Mm.
Where the first movie is very much this one group wants him dead, and then we expand out to like, no, no, no, everyone wants him dead.
This is a whole much bigger thing here.
Yes
... [smacks lips] kinda stops there.
Yes.
Uh, until one of these horrifically starts, uh, like John Wick, where the kid's the dog, and that sets us up-
Oh, God
... for the, for the final [laughs] onslaught.
Ugh.
[laughs]
That'll be quite the intro, I'll give them that.
Yeah, yeah.
And for the record, I don't know if that's gonna happen.
In fact, I am pretty sure it won't.
Uh, so yeah, obviously this is the second one, and we've already established our main characters of Ito and his son Daigoro.
Uh, the, the demise of the mother, the fact that there's a secret organization behind the, the clans who try to, you know, conspire to take him down to get their way 'cause they're regaining power, and that's still kinda going on in the background.
The only real offshoot to that in this is that, uh, word is sent out to some sort of sub groups to try and take care of Ito, and that's, like, a big part of this plot.
But Ito also-
Mm
... takes on another job as an assassin as well, uh, which seems to be maybe the format and in this, this series now after two movies is that he'll have a job to do that he's taken on for money, but there's also ties to the ongoing plot of the people who want him dead because he's a threat to their new regime-
Yeah
... and all their, all their, uh, uh, you know, mechanisms and whatnot.
Just the, the beginning part of that, the idea of we, we are expanding out with these subgroups or whatever, it's kind of in that aspect reminding me of, like, a John Wick progression sort of thing.
Mm.
Where the first movie is very much this one group wants him dead, and then we expand out to like, no, no, no, everyone wants him dead.
This is a whole much bigger thing here.
Yes
... [smacks lips] kinda stops there.
Yes.
Uh, until one of these horrifically starts, uh, like John Wick, where the kid's the dog, and that sets us up-
Oh, God
... for the, for the final [laughs] onslaught.
Ugh.
[laughs]
That'll be quite the intro, I'll give them that.
Yeah, yeah.
And for the record, I don't know if that's gonna happen.
In fact, I am pretty sure it won't.
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