Sansho the Bailiff

Sansho the Bailiff

124 mins | Drama | March 31, 1954

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

Sansho the Bailiff

124 mins | Drama | March 31, 1954

Sansho the Bailiff
In medieval Japan, a woman and his children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years before.
IMDb rating 8.4
Producers Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd.
Original title 山椒大夫
Directors Tokuzō Tanaka, Kenji Mizoguchi
Writers Ogai Mori, Fuji Yahiro, Yoshikata Yoda

Cast

Kinuyo Tanaka

as Tamaki

Yoshiaki Hanayagi

as Zushiô

Kyōko Kagawa

as Anju

Eitarō Shindō

as Sanshô dayû

Akitake Kôno

as Taro

Masahiko Tsugawa

as Young Zushiō

Keiko Enami

as Young Anju

Masao Shimizu

as Masauji Taira

Ken Mitsuda

as Prime Minister Fujiwara

Kazukimi Okuni

as Norimura

Yōko Kozono

as Kohagi

Noriko Tachibana

as Namiji

Ichirō Sugai

as Minister of Justice

Teruko Omi

as Nakagimi

Chieko Naniwa

as Ubatake

Kikue Mōri

as Priestess

Ryōsuke Kagawa

as Ritsushi Kumotake

Kanji Koshiba

as Kaikudo Naito

Shinobu Araki

as Sadaya

Reiko Kongō

as Shiono

Shōzō Nanbu

as Masasue Taira

Ryônosuke Azuma

as Landlord

Sumao Ishihara

as Yakko

Yukio Horikita

as Jiro

Jun Fujikawa

as Kanamaru

Sôji Shibata

as Sado man

Akira Shimizu

as Slave Trader

Midori Komatsu

as Harbour's lady

Tokio Oki

as Harbour's man

Akira Shiga

as Farmer #2

Saburo Date

as Kimpei

Hachiro Okuni

as Saburo Miyazaki