Kaettekita Kogarashi Monjirō

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 TV jidaigeki drama series Kogarashi Monjirō.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]}

Kaettekita Kogarashi Monjirō
Directed by	Kon Ichikawa
Written by	Kon Ichikawa Katsuyuki Nakamura
Based on	Saho Sasazawa's Kogarashi Monjirō
Produced by	Youichi Nomura
Starring	Atsuo Nakamura Kyōka Suzuki Takeshi Katō Ittoku Kishibe Ryoko Sakaguchi
Cinematography	Yukio Isohata
Edited by	Chizuko Osada
Music by	Kensaku Tanikawa
Production companies	Toho, Fuji TV^[1]
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	20 November 1993 (1993-11-20) (Japan)
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

References

1. "まさかの決断で放送中止！伝説的なテレビドラマとは……？" (in Japanese). リアルライブ. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
2. "Kaettekita Kogarashi Monjirō". Toho film company's official cite. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
3. "帰って来た木枯し紋次郎". director Kon Ichikawa's Official Website. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
4. "帰って来た木枯し紋次郎". Jidaigeki.com. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
5. "帰ってきた木枯し紋次郎". Movie Walker. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
6. "帰ってきた木枯し紋次郎". 一般社団法人 日本映画製作者連盟. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
7. "帰ってきた木枯し紋次郎". テレビドラマデータ. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
8. "帰ってきた木枯し紋次郎". クランク. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
9. "デジタル大辞泉プラス「帰って来た木枯し紋次郎」の解説". KOTOBANK. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
10. "生誕９０年 笹沢左保 時代劇の魅「木枯し紋次郎」 リアルさとシニカルな生き方は新鮮でカッコいい、深夜枠での放送も一大ブームに". 夕刊フジ. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
11. "東帰ってきた木枯し紋次郎". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
12. "帰ってきた木枯し紋次郎". Agency for Cultural Affairs 映画情報システム. Retrieved 2 November 2019.

External links

• Kaetekita Kogarashi Monjirō at IMDb