Sansho the Bailiff (1954)2h04
Drama
Director Kenji Mizoguchi (8.0 avg)
Also directed Ugetsu, The Life of Oharu, Street of Shame, and 48 more
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.
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Cast
Kinuyo Tanaka- Yoshiaki Hanayagi
Kyōko Kagawa
Eitarō Shindō
Ichirō Sugai
Bontarō Miake- Yōko Kozono
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