Kogarashi Monjirô (1972)

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Country: Japan
Genres: Action
Release:
Director: Sadao Nakajima
Writers: Sadao Nakajima , Saho Sasazawa , Yakayuki Yamada
Language: Japanese
Stars: Bunta Sugawara , Kyōko Enami , Yukie Kagawa , Ryûko Azuma , Takayuki Akutagawa , Gorō Ibuki , Tsunehiko Watase , Asao Koike , Rinichi Yamamoto , Takuzō Kawatani
Runtime: 91 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro , Cold Country Wind Monjiro , Kogarashi Monjirô , 木枯し紋次郎 (Japan) , Cold Wind Monjiro
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.
IMDB:tt0322981