Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
Sanshô dayû
Without mercy, man is like a beast.
124 min
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.
- Release date
- March 31, 1954
- Country of origin
- Japan
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Cast
- Kinuyo Tanaka as Tamaki
- Kyōko Kagawa as Anju
- Eitarō Shindō as Sanshô Dayû
- Ichirō Sugai as Niô - Old Escaped Slave
- Yôko Kosono as Kohagi
- Chieko Naniwa as Ubatake
- Kikue Môri as Priestess
- Ken Mitsuda as Fujiwara no Morozane
- Masao Shimizu as Masauji Taira
- Ryōsuke Kagawa as Ritsushi Kumotake
- Akitake Kôno as Taro
- Kanji Koshiba as Kaikudo Naito
- Shinobu Araki as Sadaya
- Masahiko Tsugawa as Young Zushiō
- Teruko Ômi as Nakagimi
- Reiko Kongô as Shiono
- Shōzō Nanbu as Masasue Taira
- Ryônosuke Azuma as Landlord
- Saburô Date as Kimpei
- Sumao Ishihara as Yakko
- Ichirô Amano
- Midori Komatsu as Harbour's Lady
- Yukio Horikita as Jiro
- Jun Fujikawa as Kanamaru
- Yoshiaki Hanayagi as Zushiô
- Bontarō Miake as Kichiji
Crew
- Kenji Mizoguchi · Director
- Ogai Mori · Writer
- Fuji Yahiro · Writer
- Yoshikata Yoda · Writer
- Masaichi Nagata · Producer
- Fumio Hayasaka · Composer
- Kinshichi Kodera · Composer
- Tamekichi Mochizuki · Composer
- Kazuo Miyagawa · Cinematographer
- Mitsuzô Miyata · Editor
- Hisakazu Tsuji · Production designer