Name: Sansho the Bailiff
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Genre: Drama
Released: 1954
Duration: 2 h 5 min
Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyōko Kagawa, Eitarō Shindō, Ichirō Sugai

Sansho the Bailiff (1954)

山椒大夫

Drama • 2h 5m

Overview

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

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi

Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyōko Kagawa, Eitarō Shindō, Ichirō Sugai, Bontarō Miake, Yōko Kozono, Chieko Naniwa, Kikue Mōri, Ken Mitsuda, Masao Shimizu, Ryōsuke Kagawa, Akitake Kōno, Kanji Koshiba, Shinobu Araki, Masahiko Tsugawa, Keiko Enami, Teruko Ōmi, Kimiko Tachibana, Reiko Kongō, Shōzō Nanbu, Ryōnosuke Azuma, Kazukimi Okuni, Saburo Date, Sumao Ishihara, Ichirō Amano, Midori Komatsu, Yukio Horikita, Jun Fujikawa, Sōji Shibata, Akira Shimizu, Tokio Oki, Akira Shiga, Goro Nakanishi, Hachiro Okuni, Akiyoshi Kikuno

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Best English-Friendly Release

Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video Release

Kadokawa Blu-ray is new 4K restoration

Best Audio Release

1991 Daiei LaserDisc

Format

1080p Blu-ray

Featured Lists

Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films

TSPDT

2026: #86

2025: #85

2024: #84

2023: #83

2022: #83

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Review

Picture: 8, Audio: 6, Extras: 7

Length

125 mins

Type

Movie

Alternative Titles

The Bailiff

Last Updated

a year ago

Contributors

Best English-Friendly Release	Criterion Blu-ray
Best Video Release	Kadokawa Blu-ray is new 4K restoration
Best Audio Release	1991 Daiei LaserDisc
Format	1080p Blu-ray
Featured Lists	Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films
TSPDT	2026: #86 2025: #85 2024: #84 2023: #83 2022: #83
Criterion Forum	Review Picture: 8, Audio: 6, Extras: 7
Length	125 mins
Type	Movie
Alternative Titles	The Bailiff
Last Updated	a year ago
Contributors	-

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