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Sansho the Bailiff (1954)

★ 8.1/10 124 min Drama Japan Japanese
Original Story: Mori Ogai
Screenplay by: Fuji Yahiro, Yoshikata Yoda
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Without mercy, man is like a beast.

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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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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

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