Sansho the Bailiff (1955)

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

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