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Sansho The Bailiff (1954)

  
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In Kenji Mizoguchi's poetic masterpiece, a young man in feudal Japan--a slave since childhood--plans an escape with his sister to search for his mother, who was sold into prostitution, and his father, an exiled governor. Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyoko Kagawa star. 124 min. Standard; Soundtrack: Japanese Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; interviews; more. In Japanese with English subtitles.
 
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Category:
Foreign
Director:
Kenji Mizoguchi
Rated:
NR
Color:
Black & White
Closed Captioned:
 No
Cast:  Kyoko Kagawa, Ken Mitsuda, Kinuyo Tanaka, Masao Shimizu, Eitaro Shindo, Ichiro Sugai, Akitake Kono, Yoshiaki Hanayagi
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