Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro (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.
Director:
Sadao Nakajima
Writer:
Sadao Nakajima
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Bunta Sugawara as Monjiro |
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Gorō Ibuki as Seigorou |
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Tsunehiko Watase as Genta |
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Asao Koike as Samonji |
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Yukie Kagawa as Ohana |
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Rinichi Yamamoto as Shukichi |
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Jūkei Fujioka as Chousaburou |
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Masaharu Arikawa as Sakichi |
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Sen Okaji as government official |
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Shōji Ōki as |
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Michimaro Otabe as Ryūjindō |
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Takayuki Akutagawa as Narrator (voice) |
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Kyōko Enami as Oyu (Yuu-san) |
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Ryūko Azuma as Tatsumi |
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Takuzō Kawatani as |
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Ryō Nishida as Kamekura |
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Shinji Oda as Izutsuya Senmatsu |
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Kazutarō Kuni as |
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Kinji Nakamura as |
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Miwako Onaya as |
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Minken Karasawa as government official |
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Kenji Ikeda as |
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Satoru Nabe as |
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Kinoshita Seiji as Jouhachi |
| Crew | Motoya Washio | Cinematography |
| Directing | Sadao Nakajima | Director |
| Writing | Sadao Nakajima | Screenplay |
| Writing | Saho Sasazawa | Novel |
| Camera | Motoya Washio | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Chūji Kinoshita | Original Music Composer |
| Lighting | Haruo Nakayama | Lighting Technician |
| Editing | Kozo Horiike | Editor |
| Art | Akira Yoshimura | Production Design |
