Sansho the Bailiff

Name: Sansho the Bailiff
Genre: Drama
Released: 1954-03-31
Duration: 2 h 4 min
Rating: 8.3
Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyōko Kagawa, Eitarō Shindō, Ichirō Sugai

Without mercy, man is like a beast.

山椒大夫 (1954)

Timing: 2:4 (124 min)

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Director

Kenji Mizoguchi

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Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyōko Kagawa, Eitarō Shindō, Ichirō Sugai, Bontarō Miake, Yōko Kozono, Chieko Naniwa, Kikue Mōri, Ken Mitsuda
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Masaichi Nagata

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Kazuo Miyagawa

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Fumio Hayasaka

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Hisakazu Tsuji, Akira Naitô

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Mitsuzô Miyata
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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.