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Sansho the Bailiff (1954)

Without mercy, man is like a beast.

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

Release: 1954-03-31
Runtime: 124 min
Rating: 8.1 / 10
Cast
Kinuyo Tanaka
Kinuyo Tanaka
Tamaki
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Yoshiaki Hanayagi
Zushiô
Kyōko Kagawa
Kyōko Kagawa
Anju
Eitarō Shindō
Eitarō Shindō
Sanshô dayû
Ichirō Sugai
Ichirō Sugai
Minister of Justice
Bontarō Miake
Bontarō Miake
Kichiji
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Yōko Kozono
Kohagi
Chieko Naniwa
Chieko Naniwa
Ubatake
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Kikue Mōri
Priestess
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Ken Mitsuda
Prime Minister Fujiwara
Masao Shimizu
Masao Shimizu
Masauji Taira
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Ritsushi Kumotake
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Akitake Kōno
Taro
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Kanji Koshiba
Kaikudo Naito
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Shinobu Araki
Sadaya
Masahiko Tsugawa
Masahiko Tsugawa
Young Zushiō
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Keiko Enami
Young Anju
Teruko Ōmi
Teruko Ōmi
Nakagimi