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Sansho the Bailiff (1955)
"Without mercy, man is like a beast."
#17,196
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Starring
Kinuyo Tanaka
Yoshiaki Hanayagi
Kyōko Kagawa
Director
Kenji Mizoguchi
Watch on Criterion Channel
NR
2 hr 4 min
Sep 14th, 1955
Drama
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Plot
In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years earlier.
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Movie Details
Theatrical Release:
September 14th, 1955
Original Language:
Japanese
Production Companies:
Daiei Film
Sansho the Bailiff on the Web:
WikiData
japan
based on short story
prostitution
exile
feudal japan
governor
compassion
courtesan
11th century
banishment
Cast & Crew
K
Kinuyo Tanaka
as Tamaki
Y
Yoshiaki Hanayagi
as Zushiô
K
Kyōko Kagawa
as Anju
E
Eitarō Shindō
as Sanshô dayû
I
Ichirō Sugai
as Minister of Justice
B
Bontarō Miake
as Kichiji
M
Masaichi Nagata
Producer
K
Kanahichi Odera
Original Music Composer
T
Tamekichi Mochizuki
Original Music Composer
K
Kenji Mizoguchi
Director
F
Fumio Hayasaka
Original Music Composer
M
Mitsuzō Miyata
Editor
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