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Sansho the Bailiff (1955)

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Movie"Without mercy, man is like a beast."
Audience Score
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NR 2 hr 4 minSep 14th, 1955Drama
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In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years earlier.
StarringKinuyo TanakaYoshiaki HanayagiKyōko Kagawa
DirectorKenji Mizoguchi

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:September 14th, 1955
Original Language:Japanese
Production Companies:Daiei Film
Movie Tags:
japanbased on short storyprostitutionexilefeudal japangovernorcompassioncourtesan11th centurybanishment