

Sansho the Bailiff
"Without mercy, man is like a beast."
1954
2h 4m
8.1
JP
Drama
Overview
In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years earlier.
Movie Details
Languages
Japanese
Studio
Daiei Film
Key Crew

Kenji Mizoguchi
Director

Masaichi Nagata
Producer

Yoshikata Yoda
Screenplay
Cast

Kinuyo Tanaka
Tamaki
Y
Yoshiaki Hanayagi
Zushiô

Kyōko Kagawa
Anju

Eitarō Shindō
Sanshô dayû

Ichirō Sugai
Minister of Justice

Bontarō Miake
Kichiji

Yōko Kozono
Kohagi

Chieko Naniwa
Ubatake
K
Kikue Mōri
Priestess
K
Ken Mitsuda
Prime Minister Fujiwara

Masao Shimizu
Masauji Taira

Ryōsuke Kagawa
Ritsushi Kumotake
A
Akitake Kōno
Taro
K
Kanji Koshiba
Kaikudo Naito
S
Shinobu Araki
Sadaya

Masahiko Tsugawa
Young Zushiō
K
Keiko Enami
Young Anju

Teruko Ōmi
Nakagimi

Kimiko Tachibana
Namiji
R
Reiko Kongō
Shiono