Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
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.
Director:
Kenji Mizoguchi
Writers:
Yoshikata Yoda, Fuji Yahiro.
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Kinuyo Tanaka as Tamaki |
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Yoshiaki Hanayagi as Zushiô |
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Kyōko Kagawa as Anju |
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Eitarō Shindō as Sanshô dayû |
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Ichirō Sugai as Minister of Justice |
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Bontarō Miake as Kichiji |
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Yōko Kozono as Kohagi |
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Chieko Naniwa as Ubatake |
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Kikue Mōri as Priestess |
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Ken Mitsuda as Prime Minister Fujiwara |
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Masao Shimizu as Masauji Taira |
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Ryōsuke Kagawa as Ritsushi Kumotake |
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Akitake Kōno as Taro |
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Kanji Koshiba as Kaikudo Naito |
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Shinobu Araki as Sadaya |
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Masahiko Tsugawa as Young Zushiō |
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Keiko Enami as Young Anju |
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Teruko Ōmi as Nakagimi |
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Kimiko Tachibana as Namiji |
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Reiko Kongō as Shiono |
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Shōzō Nanbu as Masasue Taira |
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Ryōnosuke Azuma as Landlord |
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Kazukimi Okuni as Norimura |
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Saburo Date as Kimpei |
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Sumao Ishihara as Yakko |
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Ichirō Amano as |
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Midori Komatsu as Harbour's Lady |
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Yukio Horikita as Jiro |
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Jun Fujikawa as Kanamaru |
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Sōji Shibata as Sado Man |
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Akira Shimizu as Slave Trader |
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Tokio Oki as Harbour's Man |
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Akira Shiga as Farmer #2 |
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Goro Nakanishi as |
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Hachiro Okuni as Saburo Miyazaki |
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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 |