Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro (1972)

★ 7.0 1h 31m IMDb
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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

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Bunta Sugawara
Bunta Sugawara as Monjiro Died 2014 · Sendai, Miyagi, Japan Bunta Sugawara was a Japanese actor who appeared in over 200 Japanese feature films, most prevalently in Yakuza films. On December 1, 2014, it was announced that Sugawara had died from liver cancer in...
Gorō Ibuki
Gorō Ibuki as Seigorou Age 80 · Kumaishi-cho, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan
Tsunehiko Watase
Tsunehiko Watase as Genta Died 2017 · Yasugi, Shimane, Japan Tsunehiko Watase (July 28, 1944 – March 14, 2017) was a Japanese actor. He is best known for portraying Rintaro Kano in Keishicho Sosa Ikka 9 Gakari ("Homicide Team 9"). He won Best Supporting Actor a...
Asao Koike
Asao Koike as Samonji Died 1985 · Tokyo Prefecture, Japan Japanese actor, voice actor, and narrator..
Yukie Kagawa
Yukie Kagawa as Ohana Age 78 · Suginami, Tokyo, Japan Yukie Kagawa is a Japanese film actress and singer..
Rinichi Yamamoto
Rinichi Yamamoto as Shukichi Died 1980 · Asahikawa, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan Yamamoto Rinichi (Yamamoto Rinichi, January 16, 1927 - October 16, 1980) is an actor in Japan. Born from Asahikawa city, Hokkaido. Nickname is Yamrin (Yamarin). From Wikipedia (ja), the free encyclop...
Director Sadao Nakajima
Cast Bunta Sugawara, Gorō Ibuki, Tsunehiko Watase, Asao Koike, Yukie Kagawa, Rinichi Yamamoto, Jūkei Fujioka, Masaharu Arikawa, Sen Okaji, Shōji Ōki

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giant13 8/10 May 19, 2021
A great tale of sacrifice, revenge, and the Yakuza code in late Edo period Japan. Bunta shines as the stoic protagonist who is out for vengeance. The fight scenes are action packed and gorey with a tad too much of the Fukasaku shake-cam, but it works a lot better with these sword fights than the infamous gun fights. Monjirō of the Cold Wind was significantly better than I was expecting, a new highlight for me in the jidaigeki/chambara/ninkyo eigas—heck, I may buy it on dvd it’s that worth it.

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