Sansho the Bailiff

Name: Sansho the Bailiff
Genre: Drama
Released: 1954
Duration: 124 min
Rating: 8.085

1954 · 124 min

Drama

★ 8.1

Criterion

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In 11th-century feudal Japan, following the exile of an idealistic governor, his wife and children are separated by slave traders; the children, Zushio and Anju, are sold into brutal servitude under the cruel bailiff Sansho.

Crew

Director Kenji Mizoguchi
Screenplay Fuji Yahiro
Screenplay Yoshikata Yoda
Director of Photography Kazuo Miyagawa

Cast

Kinuyo Tanaka
Tamaki
Y
Yoshiaki Hanayagi
Zushiô
Kyōko Kagawa
Anju
Eitarō Shindō
Sanshô dayû
Ichirō Sugai
Minister of Justice
Bontarō Miake
Kichiji
Y
Yōko Kozono
Kohagi
Chieko Naniwa
Ubatake
K
Kikue Mōri
Priestess
K
Ken Mitsuda
Prime Minister Fujiwara
Masao Shimizu
Masauji Taira
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Ritsushi Kumotake

Crew

Director — Kenji Mizoguchi
Screenplay — Fuji Yahiro
Screenplay — Yoshikata Yoda
Director of Photography — Kazuo Miyagawa

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