Ogami Itto is challenged by a quintet of warriors, each armed with one fifth of Ogami's assassin fee and one fifth of the information he needs to complete his assignment.
Direction
Misumi's geometric compositions turn slaughter into art.
Practical Effects
The baby cart is a weaponized pram of glorious engineering.
Acting
Wakayama's thousand-yard stare could stop a charging horse.
Director
Kenji Misumi
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Ogami Itto
Michiyo Yasuda
Shiranui
Akihiro Tomikawa
Ogami Daigoro
Shingo Yamashiro
Sazare Kanbei
Tomomi Satō
Quick Change
Akira Yamanouchi
Shinnoji Senzo
Hideji Ōtaki
Abbot Jikei
Fujio Suga
Tsukude Sozaemon
Taketoshi Naitō
Mawatari Hachiro
Rokkō Toura
Ayabe Ukon
Yoshi Katō
Kuroda Naritaka
Bin Amatsu
Kikuchi Yamon
Kenji Ushio
Tomekichi the Mole
Manabu Morita
Dogawa Saburobei
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is Part 4 of six films shot in under three years, yet each maintains visual ambition that puts modern franchises to shame. The 'baby cart' became so iconic it inspired Robert Rodriguez's weaponized stroller in El Mariachi.
The five-fragment payment structure mirrors Japanese feudal gift-giving rituals, but here corrupted into transactional violence. Ogami's acceptance of each piece—knowing the full horror—makes this perhaps the bleakest entry in the series.
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