TMDb Rating
7.6/10
5 verified votes
Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro (1972)
ActionCrime
91 min
Plot Summary
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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ActionCrimeSadao NakajimaBunta SugawaraGorō Ibuki1972
Director
Sadao Nakajima
Top Cast
Bunta SugawaraGorō IbukiTsunehiko WataseAsao KoikeYukie Kagawa
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