Sansho the Bailiff

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Sansho the Bailiff

1954

2h 4m

8.1(394 votes)

Drama

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

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36 members

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田中絹代

Tamaki

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花柳喜章

Zushiô

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香川京子

Anju

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進藤英太郎

Sanshô dayû

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菅井一郎

Minister of Justice

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見明凡太朗

Kichiji

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小園蓉子

Kohagi

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浪花千栄子

Ubatake

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毛利菊枝

Priestess

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三津田健

Prime Minister Fujiwara

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清水将夫

Masauji Taira

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香川良介

Ritsushi Kumotake

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河野秋武

Taro

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小柴幹治

Kaikudo Naito

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荒木忍

Sadaya

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津川雅彦

Young Zushiō

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Keiko Enami

Young Anju

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近江輝子

Nakagimi

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橘公子

Namiji

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金剛麗子

Shiono

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南部彰三

Masasue Taira

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Ryōnosuke Azuma

Landlord

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Kazukimi Okuni

Norimura

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伊達三郎

Kimpei

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石原須磨男

Yakko

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天野一郎

Unknown Role

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小松みどり

Harbour's Lady

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堀北幸夫

Jiro

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藤川準

Kanamaru

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Sōji Shibata

Sado Man

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清水彰

Slave Trader

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沖時男

Harbour's Man

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Akira Shiga

Farmer #2

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Goro Nakanishi

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Hachiro Okuni

Saburo Miyazaki

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Akiyoshi Kikuno

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