Okami – Blutiger Schnee (1974)

Okami – Blutiger Schnee: Directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda. With Tomisaburô Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa, Junko Hitomi, Gorô Mutsumi. In the sixth and final film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, the final conflict between Ogami Itto and the Yagyu clan is carried out.

“The sixth and last of the u0026quot;Lone Wolf and Cub/Baby Cartu0026quot; series of films shows how artistically well-done films can make even the most ludicrous ideas work. During Ogami Ittou0026#39;s journey to the final showdown with his arch-enemy Retsudo, leader of the evil Yagyu clan, we witness everything from incest bordering on necrophilia, zombie samurai who can burrow in the ground like worms, the usual assortment of mutilations, a battle on snow skis, and the most elaborate baby cart weaponry yet–including automatic armor plating! As usual, the images are beautifully composed, the action is splendidly choreographed, the plot ideas are wonderfully outrageous, and the funky music score is cool perfection. Any of this out of context would be silly; in context, itu0026#39;s almost sublime.”