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Sansho the Bailiff

1954, drama

124 minutes

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

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Cast

Kinuyo Tanaka

Kinuyo Tanaka

Tamaki

Eitarō Shindō

Eitarō Shindō

Sanshô dayû

Ichirō Sugai

Ichirō Sugai

Minister of Justice

Bontarō Miake

Bontarō Miake

Kichiji

Yôko Kosono

Yôko Kosono

Kohagi

Chieko Naniwa

Chieko Naniwa

Ubatake

Kikue Mōri

Priestess

Ken Mitsuda

Ken Mitsuda

Prime Minister Fujiwara

Masao Shimizu

Masao Shimizu

Masauji Taira

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Ritsushi Kumotake

Kanji Koshiba

Kaikudo Naito

Shinobu Araki

Shinobu Araki

Sadaya

Masahiko Tsugawa

Masahiko Tsugawa

Young Zushiō

Keiko Enami

Young Anju

Teruko Omi

Teruko Omi

Nakagimi

Reiko Kongo

Shiono

Shōzō Nanbu

Shōzō Nanbu

Masasue Taira

Ryōnosuke Azuma

Landlord

Kazukimi Okuni

Norimura

Saburo Date

Saburo Date

Kimpei

Midori Komatsu

Midori Komatsu

Harbour's Lady

Jun Fujikawa

Kanamaru

Soji Shibata

Sado Man

Akira Shimizu

Slave Trader

Tokio Oki

Tokio Oki

Harbour's Man

Akira Shiga

Farmer #2

Hachiro Okuni

Saburo Miyazaki

Crew

Art

Kisaku Ito

Art direction

Akira Naitô

Assistant art director

Kyûchi Tsuji

Production design

Camera

Costume and make-up

Shima Yoshizane

Costume design

Directing

Kenji Mizoguchi

Kenji Mizoguchi

Director

Editing

Lighting

Production

Masaichi Nagata

Masaichi Nagata

Producer

Sound

Tamekichi Mochizuki

Original music composer

Fumio Hayasaka

Fumio Hayasaka

Original music composer

Kanahichi Odera

Original music composer

Iwao Ôtani

Sound designer

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