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Sansho the Bailiff

Movie
1954
2h 4m
Not Rated
Japanese
Drama
User Score: 
8.3
Critic Score: 
98
Sansho the Bailiff' Poster
In medieval Japan, a woman and his children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years before.
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Sansho the Bailiff

Not Rated
Movie
1954
2h 4m
Japanese
Drama
In medieval Japan, a woman and his children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years before.
Rating
WATCHMODE
8.3
IMDB
Sansho the Bailiff (1954) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
98

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Eitar Shind
Sanshô dayû
Masahiko Tsugawa
Young Zushiō
Keiko Enami
Young Anju
Masao Shimizu
Masauji Taira
Ken Mitsuda
Prime Minister Fujiwara
Ichir Sugai
Minister of Justice
Teruko Omi
Nakagimi
Kikue Mri
Priestess
Rysuke Kagawa
Ritsushi Kumotake
Kanji Koshiba
Kaikudo Naito
Shz Nanbu
Masasue Taira
Jun Fujikawa
Kanamaru
Directed By: Kenji Mizoguchi
Written By: Yoshikata Yoda (Screenplay), Fuji Yahiro (Screenplay), + 2 more

Featured Comments/Tips

juliosoft says...
one year ago
I don't know which month is bigger, the movie or the tragedy.
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soonertbone says...
a month ago
Brutal, even despairing at times. But it's a ultimately a humanist vision that centers compassion, and I loved it. Beautiful shots and motifs--really powerful filmmaking. Want to rewatch this again in the future.
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Maarten Delfgou says...
2 years ago
The original title of the film is Sanshô Dayû.
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Jay Shuai says...
2 years ago
Beautiful, devastating. Quite simply one of the greatest films ever made
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Featured User Reviews

CinemaSerf
one year ago
When a benign provincial governor tries to intervene to protect his people from the brutality of the military, he is stripped of his rank and banished. His wife and children are forced to follow him, on foot, some time later and hopelessly ill-equipped for that task they fall prey to people traffick More
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