Kaettekita Kogarashi Monjirō (Japanese: 帰って来た木枯し紋次郎) is a 1993 Japanese film directed by Kon Ichikawa.[2] It is based on Saho Sasazawa's novel, and is a sequel to the jidaigeki TV drama series Kogarashi Monjirō.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
| Kaettekita Kogarashi Monjirō | |
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| Directed by | Kon Ichikawa |
| Written by | Kon Ichikawa Katsuyuki Nakamura |
| Based on | Saho Sasazawa's Kogarashi Monjirō |
| Produced by | Youichi Nomura |
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| Cinematography | Yukio Isohata |
| Edited by | Chizuko Osada |
| Music by | Kensaku Tanikawa |
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| Distributed by | Toho |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Plot
Kogarashi Monjirō falls from a cliff during a fight, he is picked up and cared for by Denkichi, a lumberjack. For a while, Monjirō lost his memory and worked as a lumberjack. While he eventually regains his memory, Denkichi, is seriously injured and asks him to bring back his son, who has become a member of a yakuza clan. Monjirō decides to go to Jōshu to accomplish the mission.[10][11][12]
Cast
- Atsuo Nakamura as Kogarashi Monjirō
- Ryōko Sakaguchi as Omachi
- Takeshi Katō as Kiso no Denkichi
- Ittoku Kishibe as Kizaki no Gorozo
- Kyōka Suzuki as Otami
- Kazuhiko Kanayama as Koheiji
- Akiji Kobayashi as Jubei
- Isao Vitō as Toranosuke
- Takeo Nakahara as Hachibei
- Renji Ishibashi as Morisuke Asaka
- Shigeru Kōyama as Tomiokaya
