

Sansho the Bailiff
March 31, 1954•2h 4m•★ 8.1
Drama
“Without mercy, man is like a beast.”
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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Director
Kenji MizoguchiCast

Kinuyo Tanaka
Tamaki
?
Yoshiaki Hanayagi
Zushiô

Kyōko Kagawa
Anju

Eitarō Shindō
Sanshô dayû

Ichirō Sugai
Minister of Justice

Bontarō Miake
Kichiji
?
Yōko Kozono
Kohagi

Chieko Naniwa
Ubatake
?
Kikue Mōri
Priestess
?
Ken Mitsuda
Prime Minister Fujiwara

Masao Shimizu
Masauji Taira

Ryōsuke Kagawa
Ritsushi Kumotake
?
Akitake Kōno
Taro

Kanji Koshiba
Kaikudo Naito
?
Shinobu Araki
Sadaya

Masahiko Tsugawa
Young Zushiō
?
Keiko Enami
Young Anju

Teruko Ōmi
Nakagimi

Kimiko Tachibana
Namiji
?
Reiko Kongō
Shiono
