Overview - Sansho the Bailiff

Date of release

Genres

  • Drama

Runtime: 124 minutes

Homepage: Sansho the Bailiff

Budget

Budget data not disclosed

Revenue

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Spoken Languages

  • 日本語

Production companies

  • Name: Daiei Film

    Production country Japan

Overview

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.

Cast

  • Name: Kinuyo Tanaka

    Character: Tamaki

    Popularity: 1.2464

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  • Name: Yoshiaki Hanayagi

    Character: Zushiô

    Popularity: 0.6207

  • Name: Kyōko Kagawa

    Character: Anju

    Popularity: 1.398

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  • Name: Eitarō Shindō

    Character: Sanshô dayû

    Popularity: 1.3913

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  • Name: Ichirō Sugai

    Character: Minister of Justice

    Popularity: 1.295

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  • Name: Bontarō Miake

    Character: Kichiji

    Popularity: 0.9736

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  • Name: Yōko Kozono

    Character: Kohagi

    Popularity: 0.7241

  • Name: Chieko Naniwa

    Character: Ubatake

    Popularity: 1.1137

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