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

Tamaki

Kinuyo Tanaka

Zushiô

Yoshiaki Hanayagi

Anju

Kyōko Kagawa

Sanshô dayû

Eitarō Shindō

Minister of Justice

Ichirō Sugai

Kichiji

Bontarō Miake

Kohagi

Yōko Kozono

Ubatake

Chieko Naniwa

Priestess

Kikue Mōri

Prime Minister Fujiwara

Ken Mitsuda

Masauji Taira

Masao Shimizu

Ritsushi Kumotake

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