Movielogr
Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro (1972)
Directed by Sadao Nakajima
Overview
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.
Length 91 minutes
Actors
Bunta Sugawara | Gorô Ibuki | Tsunehiko Watase | Asao Koike | Yukie Kagawa | Rinichi Yamamoto | Jûkei Fujioka | Masaji Arikawa | Sen Okaji | Shôji Ôki | Otabe Michimaro | Takayuki Akutagawa | Kyôko Enami | Ryuko Azuma | Takuzô Kawatani | Ryô Nishida | Shinji Oda | Kazutarô Kuni | Kinji Nakamura | Miwako Onaya | Minken Karasawa | Kenji Ikeda | Satoru Nabe | Kinoshita Seiji