Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
"Lone Wolf with a Child: Baby Cart on to the Hades" (sheesh), the third of six LW&C flicks, was dubbed by Frontier Enterprises for Toho International export. As far as I can tell, this was the only film in the series to have been dubbed and exported. Of course, "Shogun Assassin" (1980) was a later American amalgamation of movies 1 & 2, but that was produced and dubbed in the U.S.
"Baby Cart on to the Hades" was first released in the U.S. in 1974 by Columbia, as "Lightning Swords of Death." I don't believe that theatrical version was ever available on video, but NTSC home video releases as "Lupine Wolf" and "Shogun Assassin 2: Lightning Swords of Death" (see below) are evidently based on the initial export version.
By the way, don't you just love that the titles look like those in "Godzilla vs. Gigan"?
R1 DVD: AnimEigo AV206-008 "Shogun Assassin 2: Lightning Swords of Death" (Unfortunately, it opens with a Japanese Toho logo and Katsu Production credit. Bummer.)
"Lone Wolf with a Child: Baby Cart on to the Hades" (sheesh), the third of six LW&C flicks, was dubbed by Frontier Enterprises for Toho International export. As far as I can tell, this was the only film in the series to have been dubbed and exported. Of course, "Shogun Assassin" (1980) was a later American amalgamation of movies 1 & 2, but that was produced and dubbed in the U.S.
"Baby Cart on to the Hades" was first released in the U.S. in 1974 by Columbia, as "Lightning Swords of Death." I don't believe that theatrical version was ever available on video, but NTSC home video releases as "Lupine Wolf" and "Shogun Assassin 2: Lightning Swords of Death" (see below) are evidently based on the initial export version.
By the way, don't you just love that the titles look like those in "Godzilla vs. Gigan"?
R1 DVD: AnimEigo AV206-008 "Shogun Assassin 2: Lightning Swords of Death" (Unfortunately, it opens with a Japanese Toho logo and Katsu Production credit. Bummer.)
