Editing Shogun Assassin (section)

==Production==
''Shogun Assassin'' is a combination of two Japanese films, predominantly that of ''Baby-cart at the River Styx'' (1972) and 12 minutes of ''Sword of Vengeance''.<ref name="mfb-review" /> In Japan the movie is known as ''子連れ狼,, Kozure Okami.''

The project was directed by Robert Houston and his partner [[David Weisman]], a protégé of [[Andy Warhol]] and director of ''[[Ciao! Manhattan]]'' (1972). A fan of the original ''Kozure Ōkami'' films, Weisman had obtained the rights for $50,000 from the American office of [[Toho]] Studios.

The title character, [[Lone Wolf and Cub#Plot summary|Ogami Ittō]], is played by [[Tomisaburo Wakayama]], brother of the producer, [[Shintaro Katsu]], who is known for playing [[Zatoichi]] in a series of 26 films starting in the 1960s.<ref>{{cite web
| url=https://nitehawkcinema.com/movies/shogun-assassin/
| title=Shogun Assassin
| publisher=[[Nitehawk Cinema]]
| access-date=2019-08-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite book
| title=Cult Cinema: An Introduction
| first1=Ernest
| last1=Mathijs
| first2=Jamie
| last2=Sexton
| publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons]]
| date=2012-03-30
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uPtuaV7IAt0C&q=shogun
| isbn=9781444396430}}</ref>