Sansho the Bailiff

Sansho the Bailiff (1954)

Without mercy, man is like a beast.

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1954-03-31
  • User Rating: 8.0/10 from 423 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 4min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Daiei Film
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
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From 423 Ratings
8.4

Summary

In 11th-century feudal Japan, following the exile of an idealistic governor, his wife and children are separated by slave traders; the children, Zushio and Anju, are sold into brutal servitude under the cruel bailiff Sansho.

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  • Kinuyo Tanaka

    as Tamaki

  • Yoshiaki Hanayagi

    as Zushiô

  • Kyōko Kagawa

    as Anju

  • Eitarō Shindō

    as Sanshô dayû

  • Ichirō Sugai

    as Minister of Justice

  • Bontarō Miake

    as Kichiji

  • Yōko Kozono

    as Kohagi

  • Chieko Naniwa

    as Ubatake

  • Kikue Mōri

    as Priestess

  • Ken Mitsuda

    as Prime Minister Fujiwara

  • Masao Shimizu

    as Masauji Taira

  • Ryōsuke Kagawa

    as Ritsushi Kumotake

  • Akitake Kōno

    as Taro

  • Kanji Koshiba

    as Kaikudo Naito

  • Shinobu Araki

    as Sadaya

  • Masahiko Tsugawa

    as Young Zushiō

  • Keiko Enami

    as Young Anju

  • Teruko Ōmi

    as Nakagimi

  • Kimiko Tachibana

    as Namiji

  • Reiko Kongō

    as Shiono

  • Shōzō Nanbu

    as Masasue Taira

  • Ryōnosuke Azuma

    as Landlord

  • Kazukimi Okuni

    as Norimura

  • Saburo Date

    as Kimpei

  • Sumao Ishihara

    as Yakko

  • Ichirō Amano

    as

  • Midori Komatsu

    as Harbour's Lady

  • Yukio Horikita

    as Jiro

  • Jun Fujikawa

    as Kanamaru

  • Sōji Shibata

    as Sado Man

  • Akira Shimizu

    as Slave Trader

  • Tokio Oki

    as Harbour's Man

  • Akira Shiga

    as Farmer #2

  • Goro Nakanishi

    as

  • Hachiro Okuni

    as Saburo Miyazaki

  • Akiyoshi Kikuno

    as
Editing Mitsuzō Miyata Editor
Directing Kenji Mizoguchi Director
Sound Kanahichi Odera Original Music Composer
Sound Fumio Hayasaka Original Music Composer
Sound Tamekichi Mochizuki Original Music Composer
Production Masaichi Nagata Producer
Art Shozo Tanaka Assistant Director of Photography
Writing Mori Ogai Original Story
Art Kisaku Ito Art Direction
Art Akira Naitō Assistant Art Director
Lighting Ken'ichi Okamoto Gaffer
Directing Tokuzō Tanaka Assistant Director
Camera Kazuo Miyagawa Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up Shima Yoshizane Costume Design
Sound Iwao Ōtani Sound Designer
Writing Yoshikata Yoda Screenplay
Writing Fuji Yahiro Screenplay
Art Hisakazu Tsuji Production Design

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