Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro (1972)

Name: Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro
Genre: Action, Crime
Released: 1972-06-21
Duration: 91 min
Cast: Bunta Sugawara, Gorō Ibuki, Tsunehiko Watase, Asao Koike, Yukie Kagawa

Kogarashi Monjiro is a lone samurai who agrees to take responsibility for a murder that his friend committed so that he can stay with his dying mother, with the expectation that his friend will confess and get him pardoned once she dies. Monjiro is sentenced to an island for prisoners. When he discovers that his friend's mother has died over a year ago, Monjiro seeks to escape with a group of prisoners in order to get his revenge.

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Released 1972-06-21 · 91 min · Action, Crime

Directed by Sadao Nakajima

Part of Kogarashi Monjiro Collection

Cast

Bunta Sugawara as Monjiro
Gorō Ibuki as Seigorou
Tsunehiko Watase as Genta
Asao Koike as Samonji
Yukie Kagawa as Ohana
Rinichi Yamamoto as Shukichi
Jūkei Fujioka as Chousaburou
Masaharu Arikawa as Sakichi
Sen Okaji as government official
Shōji Ōki
Michimaro Otabe as Ryūjindō
Takayuki Akutagawa as Narrator (voice)
Kyōko Enami as Oyu (Yuu-san)
Ryūko Azuma as Tatsumi
Takuzō Kawatani