Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro
1972Kogarashi 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.
Acted in
Bunta Sugawara
as Monjiro
Gorō Ibuki
as Seigorou
Tsunehiko Watase
as Genta
Asao Koike
as Samonji
Yukie Kagawa
as Ohana
Rinichi Yamamoto
as Shukichi
Jūkei Fujioka
as Chousaburou
Masaharu Arikawa
as Sakichi
Sen Okaji
as government official
Shōji Ōki
Michimaro Otabe
as Ryūjindō
Takayuki Akutagawa
as Narrator (voice)
Kyōko Enami
as Oyu (Yuu-san)
Ryūko Azuma
as Tatsumi
Takuzō Kawatani
Ryō Nishida
as Kamekura
Shinji Oda
as Izutsuya Senmatsu
Kazutarō Kuni
Kinji Nakamura
Miwako Onaya
Minken Karasawa
as government official
Kenji Ikeda
Satoru Nabe
Kinoshita Seiji
as Jouhachi
