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Sansho the Bailiff

Sansho the Bailiff

Without mercy, man is like a beast.

1954•2h 4m•8.1/10
Drama

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8.1/10(415)

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

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Production

Daiei Film

Language

JA

Status

Released

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Cast

Kinuyo Tanaka

Kinuyo Tanaka

Tamaki

Yoshiaki Hanayagi

Zushiô

Kyōko Kagawa

Kyōko Kagawa

Anju

Eitarō Shindō

Eitarō Shindō

Sanshô dayû

Ichirō Sugai

Ichirō Sugai

Minister of Justice

Bontarō Miake

Bontarō Miake

Kichiji

Yōko Kozono

Kohagi

Chieko Naniwa

Chieko Naniwa

Ubatake

Kikue Mōri

Priestess

Ken Mitsuda

Prime Minister Fujiwara

Masao Shimizu

Masao Shimizu

Masauji Taira

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Ritsushi Kumotake

Akitake Kōno

Taro

Kanji Koshiba

Kaikudo Naito

Shinobu Araki

Sadaya

Masahiko Tsugawa

Masahiko Tsugawa

Young Zushiō

Keiko Enami

Young Anju

Teruko Ōmi

Teruko Ōmi

Nakagimi

Kimiko Tachibana

Kimiko Tachibana

Namiji

Reiko Kongō

Shiono

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