Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
28/08/1954 (GB)
Drama
2h 4m
- 81% (394 votes)
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Without mercy, man is like a beast.
Overview
In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years earlier.
- Kenji MizoguchiDirector
- Yoshikata YodaScreenplay
- Fuji YahiroScreenplay
Original Title
山椒大夫
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Keywords
- governor
- japan
- courtesan
- exile
- banishment
- prostitution
- compassion
- based on short story
- decree
- mercy
- feudal japan
- 11th century
- ancient japan
Top Billed Cast
Kinuyo Tanaka
Tamaki
Yoshiaki Hanayagi
Zushiô
Kyōko Kagawa
Anju
Eitarō Shindō
Sanshô dayû
Ichirō Sugai
Minister of Justice
Bontarō Miake
Kichiji
Yōko Kozono
Kohagi
Chieko Naniwa
Ubatake
Kikue Mōri
Priestess
Ken Mitsuda
Prime Minister Fujiwara
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