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Mar 31, 1954
124 min
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Sansho the Bailiff (1954)

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.

Kinuyo Tanaka

Tamaki

Yoshiaki Hanayagi

Zushiô

Kyōko Kagawa

Anju

Eitarō Shindō

Sanshô dayû

Ichirō Sugai

Minister of Justice

Bontarō Miake

Kichiji

Yōko Kozono

Kohagi

Chieko Naniwa

Ubatake

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Ichirō Sugai

Bontarō Miake

Yōko Kozono

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