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  2. Sansho the Bailiff
  • Mar 31, 1954
  • 124 min
  • Full-HD

Sansho the Bailiff (1954)

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

Category
Drama
Country
Japan
Companies
Daiei Film

Kinuyo Tanaka

Tamaki

Yoshiaki Hanayagi

Zushiô

Kyōko Kagawa

Anju

Eitarō Shindō

Sanshô dayû

Ichirō Sugai

Minister of Justice

Bontarō Miake

Kichiji

Yōko Kozono

Kohagi

Chieko Naniwa

Ubatake

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