
Why Don't You Play in Hell?(2013)
In Japan, gonzo filmmakers hatch a three-pronged plan to save an actress's career, end a yakuza war and make a hit movie.


Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by Yakuza in order to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain.

Tomisaburō Wakayama
Ogami Itto

Gō Katō
Magomura Kanbei

Yūko Hamada
Torizo / Tori Miura

Isao Yamagata
Sawatari Genba

Michitarō Mizushima
Itakura Naizen-no-Sho

Ichirō Nakatani
Yagyu Samurai

Akihiro Tomikawa
Ogami Daigoro
Sayoko Katō
Omatsu

Jun Hamamura
Miura Tatewaki

Daigo Kusano
Kuchiki Rokubei
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades is a drama, action, adventure film released in 1972 exploring themes of martial arts, japan, kung fu, assassin, samurai, sword. Directed by Kenji Misumi, it stars Tomisaburō Wakayama, Gō Katō, Yūko Hamada. Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by Yakuza in order to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain.
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