Sansho the Bailiff

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.

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  Kenji Mizoguchi
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  Tokuzō Tanaka

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  Kinuyo Tanaka
  Tamaki
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  Yoshiaki Hanayagi
  Zushiô
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  Kyōko Kagawa
  Anju
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  Eitarō Shindō
  Sanshô dayû
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  Ichirō Sugai
  Minister of Justice
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  Bontarō Miake
  Kichiji
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  Yōko Kozono
  Kohagi
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  Chieko Naniwa
  Ubatake
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  Kikue Mōri
  Priestess
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  Ken Mitsuda
  Prime Minister Fujiwara
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  Masao Shimizu
  Masauji Taira
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  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
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  Masahiko Tsugawa
  Young Zushiō
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  Keiko Enami
  Young Anju
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  Teruko Ōmi
  Nakagimi
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  Kimiko Tachibana
  Namiji
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  Reiko Kongō
  Shiono