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Sansho the Bailiff
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Sansho the Bailiff

Mar 31, 1954
2h 4m
★ 8.1

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Daiei Film

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Cast

Kinuyo Tanaka

Tamaki

Kinuyo Tanaka

Yoshiaki Hanayagi

Zushiô

Yoshiaki Hanayagi

Kyōko Kagawa

Anju

Kyōko Kagawa

Eitarō Shindō

Sanshô dayû

Eitarō Shindō

Ichirō Sugai

Minister of Justice

Ichirō Sugai

Bontarō Miake

Kichiji

Bontarō Miake

Yōko Kozono

Kohagi

Yōko Kozono

Chieko Naniwa

Ubatake

Chieko Naniwa

Kikue Mōri

Priestess

Kikue Mōri

Ken Mitsuda

Prime Minister Fujiwara

Ken Mitsuda

Masao Shimizu

Masauji Taira

Masao Shimizu

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Ritsushi Kumotake

Ryōsuke Kagawa