Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro

Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro

91 mins | Crime, Action | June 21, 1972

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.

Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro

91 mins | Crime, Action | June 21, 1972

Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro
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.
Producers Toei Company, Ltd.
Original title 木枯し紋次郎
Directors Sadao Nakajima
Writers Saho Sasazawa, Sadao Nakajima

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

Jûkei Fujioka

as Chousaburou

Masaharu Arikawa

as Sakichi

Sen Okaji

as government official

Michimaro Otabe

as Ryūjindō

Takayuki Akutagawa

as Narrator (voice)

Kyōko Enami

as Oyu (Yuu-san)

Ryuko Azuma

as Tatsumi

Ryō Nishida

as Kamekura

Shinji Oda

as Izutsuya Senmatsu

Minken Karasawa

as government official

Kinoshita Seiji

as Jouhachi