Sansho the Bailiff
Rating & Reviews
Mostly Positive
3.9
User Score
Synopsis
In 12th-century Japan, a provincial governor struggles to defend the rights of local farmers, colliding with the aims of the feudal regime and causing their exile and separation from their families. After years, his wife and children begin a dangerous journey to meet with him, but are captured by thieves who sell them as slaves. The mother ends up in an isolated brothel while the children fall into the hands of the corrupted officer Sansho. Eventually, the daughter plunges into apathy and the son hardens under the cruelty they experience. During a bold escape attempt to save a dying slave, the brothers elaborate a plan to free themselves from their evil oppressors.
Where to watch
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Staff
Kinuyo Tanaka
Tamaki
Yoshiaki Hanayaki
Kyôko Kagawa
Eitarô Shindô
Akitake Kôno
Taro
Masao Shimizu
Masauji Taira
Ken Mitsuda
Prime Minister Fujiwara
Kazukimi Okuni
Norimura
Yoshiaki Hanayagi
Zushiô
Kyōko Kagawa
Anju
Eitarō Shindō
Sanshô dayû
Masahiko Tsugawa
Young Zushiō
Keiko Enami
Young Anju
Yōko Kozono
Kohagi
Noriko Tachibana
Namiji
Ichirō Sugai
Minister of Justice
Teruko Omi
Nakagimi
Chieko Naniwa
Ubatake
Kikue Mōri
Priestess
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Ritsushi Kumotake
Kanji Koshiba
Kaikudo Naito
Shinobu Araki
Sadaya
Reiko Kongō
Shiono
Shōzō Nanbu
Masasue Taira
Ryônosuke Azuma
Landlord
Sumao Ishihara
Yakko
Yukio Horikita
Jiro
Jun Fujikawa
Kanamaru
Sôji Shibata
Sado Man
Akira Shimizu
Slave Trader
Midori Komatsu
Harbour's Lady
Tokio Oki
Harbour's Man
Saburo Date
Kimpei
Ichirô Amano
Hachiro Okuni
Saburo Miyazaki
Akiyoshi Kikuno
Daiei Studios
Yoshikata Yoda
Yahiro Fuji
Mori Ōgai
Writer (Tale)
Kenji Mizoguchi
Fumio Hayasaka