Sansho the Bailiff
Sanshô dayû
A film of unparalleled beauty by the great Japanese Master Kenji Mizoguchi
In mediaeval Japan a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
Kinuyo Tanaka
Tamaki
Yoshiaki Hanayagi
Zushiô
Kyōko Kagawa
Anju
Eitarō Shindō
Sanshô Dayû
Ichirō Sugai
Niô - Old Escaped Slave
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Bontarō Miake
Kichiji
Yôko Kosono
Kohagi
Chieko Naniwa
Ubatake
Kikue Môri
Priestess
Ken Mitsuda
Fujiwara no Morozane
Fumio Hayasaka
Composer
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Kinshichi Kodera
Composer
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Tamekichi Mochizuki
Composer
Kazuo Miyagawa
Cinematographer
