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Sansho the Bailiff

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Sansho the Bailiff

Without mercy, man is like a beast.

8.1

2h 4m

1954

“Without mercy, man is like a beast.”

Synopsis

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

Director

Kenji Mizoguchi

Trailer

Drama

governorjapancourtesanexilebanishmentprostitutioncompassionbased on short storydecreemercyfeudal japan11th century

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Cast & Crew

Kinuyo Tanaka

Kinuyo Tanaka

as Tamaki

Yoshiaki Hanayagi

as Zushiô

Kyōko Kagawa

Kyōko Kagawa

as Anju

Eitarō Shindō

Eitarō Shindō

as Sanshô dayû

Ichirō Sugai

Ichirō Sugai

as Minister of Justice

Bontarō Miake

Bontarō Miake

as Kichiji

Yōko Kozono

as Kohagi

Chieko Naniwa

Chieko Naniwa

as Ubatake

Kikue Mōri

as Priestess

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