Sansho the Bailiff
Sansho the Bailiff

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Sansho the Bailiff

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Without mercy, man is like a beast.

8.1(413 votes)
1954
2h 4m
Drama
governorjapancourtesanexilebanishmentprostitutioncompassionbased on short storydecreemercy

Overview

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

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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

Kikue Mōri

Priestess

Ken Mitsuda

Prime Minister Fujiwara

Directed by

Kenji Mizoguchi

Kenji Mizoguchi

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