Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro (1972)
1h 31m
Running Time
June 21, 1972Release Date
Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro (1972)
1h 31m
Running Time
June 21, 1972Release Date
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Gorō Ibuki
Seigorou
Bunta Sugawara
Monjirô
Tsunehiko Watase
Genta
Kyōko Enami
Oyû
Yukie Kagawa
Ohana
Asao Koike
Samonji
Rinichi Yamamoto
Shukichi
Sadao Nakajima
Director
Jūkei Fujioka
Chousaburou
Saho Sasazawa
Writer
Masaharu Arikawa
Sakichi
Chūji Kinoshita
Composer
Sen Okaji
government official
Motoya Washio
Cinematographer
Michimaro Otabe
Ryūjindō
Takayuki Akutagawa
Narrator (voice)
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Wiki.
Kogarashi Monjirō (木枯し紋次郎, lit. "Monjirō of the Cold Wind") is the main character and title of a Japanese novel by Saho Sasazawa, probably best known in the televised version broadcast during prime-time in 1972–1973, directed by Kon Ichikawa. In 1993, the drama was made into a film Kaettekita Kogarashi Monjirō.
Monjirō is a drifter, iconic for his ragged straw hat and cape outfit and long toothpick in his mouth. His stock phrase was "It's nothing to do with me".