An utterly unprecedented scale! A final showdown on a snowy mountain against Yagyu Retsudo and the full might of the Yagyu clan's massive ski army — enough to make Kamen Rider and Rainbowman turn pale. The roaring baby cart transforms into a rapid-fire machine gun and then a sled, exploding across the snowfields! And the dead rise again, putting zombies to shame! Creepy, creepy — the psychic powers of the stealthily encroaching Tsuchigumo telekinesis clan! Katsu Productions' direction shines here, an excess of entertainment spectacle that easily leaps beyond the bounds of the period drama and even beyond the original gekiga manga. Magic of light. Skulls skewered, blood gushing and spraying! Bodies blown spectacularly apart by explosives. Kunihiko Murai's big-scale funky score is a thrill too. Daigoro's expressions are as wonderful as ever. Minoru Oki and Isao Kimura also turn in fine performances. After this film, Tomisaburo Wakayama and Shintaro Katsu had a falling out and Wakayama left Katsu Productions. As a result, this sadly became the last of the "Lone Wolf and Cub" film series. The TV series began after this. It can't be played on standard Japanese DVD players, but can be viewed on a computer. A Japanese edition is also available, but this import version is more affordable. Directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda, released April 1974, 83 minutes. "No good. I'm freezing..." is a classic line. Long live "Papa" and "Daigoro!" (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)