Sansho the Bailiff

8.1 1954 Kenji Mizoguchi 2h 4m
Drama
Sansho the Bailiff

In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years earlier.

Cast

Kinuyo Tanaka Kinuyo Tanaka Tamaki
Yoshiaki Hanayagi Zushiô
Kyōko Kagawa Kyōko Kagawa Anju
Eitarō Shindō Eitarō Shindō Sanshô dayû
Ichirō Sugai Ichirō Sugai Minister of Justice
Bontarō Miake Bontarō Miake Kichiji
Yōko Kozono Kohagi
Chieko Naniwa Chieko Naniwa Ubatake

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