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Sansho the Bailiff

Without mercy, man is like a beast.

8.1 average rating
8.1
Japanese / 124 MIN. / 1954

The Genres

The Synopsis

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.

The Cast

Kinuyo TanakaYoshiaki HanayagiKyōko KagawaEitarō ShindōIchirō SugaiBontarō MiakeYōko KozonoChieko NaniwaKikue MōriKen MitsudaMasao ShimizuRyōsuke KagawaAkitake KōnoKanji KoshibaShinobu ArakiMasahiko TsugawaKeiko EnamiTeruko ŌmiKimiko TachibanaReiko KongōShōzō NanbuRyōnosuke AzumaKazukimi OkuniSaburo DateSumao IshiharaIchirō AmanoMidori KomatsuYukio HorikitaJun FujikawaSōji ShibataAkira ShimizuTokio OkiAkira ShigaGoro NakanishiHachiro OkuniAkiyoshi Kikuno

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