Sansho the Bailiff (1955)

  • NR
  • 09/14/1955 (US)
  • Drama
  • 2h 4m

Overview

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

Kenji Mizoguchi

Director

Fuji Yahiro

Screenplay

Yoshikata Yoda

Screenplay

Cast

Kinuyo Tanaka's headshot

Kinuyo Tanaka

Tamaki
Yoshiaki Hanayagi's headshot

Yoshiaki Hanayagi

Zushiô
Kyōko Kagawa's headshot

Kyōko Kagawa

Anju
Eitarō Shindō's headshot

Eitarō Shindō

Sanshô dayû
Ichirō Sugai's headshot

Ichirō Sugai

Minister of Justice
Bontarō Miake's headshot

Bontarō Miake

Kichiji
Yōko Kozono's headshot

Yōko Kozono

Kohagi
Chieko Naniwa's headshot

Chieko Naniwa

Ubatake

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