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Sansho the Bailiff
山椒大夫
“Without mercy, man is like a beast.”
1954·2h 4m·🇯🇵
Drama
8.3/ 1019,856 votes
Direction
Writing
Cinematography
Cast
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
Synopsis
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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