Sansho the Bailiff

Sansho the Bailiff

1954/03/31 • Released • Japanese

Drama
8.1
2h 4m

Without mercy, man is like a beast.

Overview

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

Director : Kenji Mizoguchi

Casts
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

Yōko Kozono

Kohagi

Chieko Naniwa

Chieko Naniwa

Ubatake

Kikue Mōri

Priestess

Ken Mitsuda

Prime Minister Fujiwara

Masao Shimizu

Masao Shimizu

Masauji Taira

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Ritsushi Kumotake

Akitake Kōno

Taro

Kanji Koshiba

Kaikudo Naito

Shinobu Araki

Sadaya

Masahiko Tsugawa

Masahiko Tsugawa

Young Zushiō

Keiko Enami

Young Anju

Teruko Ōmi

Teruko Ōmi

Nakagimi

Kimiko Tachibana

Kimiko Tachibana

Namiji

Reiko Kongō

Shiono

Shōzō Nanbu

Shōzō Nanbu

Masasue Taira

Ryōnosuke Azuma

Landlord

Kazukimi Okuni

Norimura

Saburo Date

Saburo Date

Kimpei

Sumao Ishihara

Yakko

Ichirō Amano

Midori Komatsu

Midori Komatsu

Harbour's Lady

Yukio Horikita

Yukio Horikita

Jiro

Jun Fujikawa

Kanamaru

Sōji Shibata

Sado Man

Akira Shimizu

Slave Trader

Tokio Oki

Tokio Oki

Harbour's Man

Akira Shiga

Farmer #2

Goro Nakanishi

Hachiro Okuni

Saburo Miyazaki

Akiyoshi Kikuno

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