Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro
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Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro

Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro

7.3/ 10

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7

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1972

Release Year

91 min

Runtime

Action
Crime

Overview

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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Keywords

revenge
jidaigeki

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giant13

giant13

May 19, 2021

8
8/10

A great tale of sacrifice, revenge, and the Yakuza code in late Edo period Japan. Bunta shines as the stoic protagonist who is out for vengeance. The fight scenes are action packed and gorey with a tad too much of the Fukasaku shake-cam, but it works a lot better with these sword fights than the inf

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