Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro

7.6

91m

1972

Action, Crime

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.

Starring

Bunta Sugawara, Gorō Ibuki, Tsunehiko Watase, Asao Koike, Yukie Kagawa, Rinichi Yamamoto, Jūkei Fujioka, Masaharu Arikawa, Sen Okaji, Shōji Ōki

Directed By

Sadao Nakajima