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Sansho the Bailiff

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Sansho the Bailiff
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NR,2hrs 12min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1954
Director:
Kenji Mizoguchi
Distributor:
Criterion
Starring:
Kinuyo Tanaka, Kyoko Kagawa, Eitaro Shindo  ...more
Synopsis: Kenji Mizoguchi's masterpiece opens in 11th-century Japan with an aristocratic woman Tamaki traveling through the woods with her daughter Anju, son Zushio, and maid. Through flashbacks, we learn that her husband, Taira no Masauji, was a local governor who was exiled because of his honesty and integrity. Before he leaves, he gives his son an amulet of Kannon, the goddess of mercy, and tells him, "Without mercy, man is like a beast. Men are created equal, everyone is entitled to happiness." On their ... Full Synopsis
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Jonathan Crow, AMG Review
On its French release in 1960, Sansho the Bailiff was ranked by Cahiers du cinéma as the best film of the year, topping such classics as Breathless, L'avventura, and Psycho. Critics were struck by the film's gorgeous photography, elegant camerawork, and exotic settings and by Kenji Mizoguchi's signature use of imagery that quietly evokes a spiritual transcendence above the suffering of the material ... Full Review
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