Mar 31, 1954
124 min
Full-HD

Sansho the Bailiff (1954)

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

Category

Drama

Country

Japan

Companies

Daiei Film

Kinuyo Tanaka

Tamaki

Yoshiaki Hanayagi

Zushiô

Kyōko Kagawa

Anju

Eitarō Shindō

Sanshô dayû

Akitake Kôno

Taro

Masahiko Tsugawa

Young Zushiō

Keiko Enami

Young Anju

Masao Shimizu

Masauji Taira

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