Sansho the Bailiff

“Without mercy, man is like a beast.”

8.1

1954

2h 4m

Drama

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

Key Crew

Director

Kenji Mizoguchi

Producers

Masaichi Nagata

Writers

Fuji Yahiro

Yoshikata Yoda

Cinematography

Kazuo Miyagawa

Music

Kanahichi Odera

Cast (36)

Kinuyo Tanaka

Tamaki

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