Sansho dayu [videorecording] = Sansho the bailiff / Daiei Film Production ; directed by Kenji Mizoguchi ; produced by Masaichi Nagata ; screenplay, Fuji Yahiro and Yoshikata Yoda.
Titles on videodisc jacket: Sansho ; Sansho the bailiff ; Magill's survey, Vol. 6 p. 2640 lists original Japanese release title as Sansho dayu and other known title as The bailiff. Based on the story as told by Mori Ogai. A foreign film (Japan). Motion picture released in 1954. Summary taken from OCLC/FirstSearch (WorldCat database), 5-2-96. Sources used: OCLC/FirstSearch (WorldCat database), 5-2-96; Magill's survey of cinema, foreign language films, v. 6, p. 2640-2641 and videodisc jacket. Includes supplement (side 3): Mizoguchi filmography -- Japanese film in the fifties -- The original telling of Sansho Dayu -- Map of Zushio's journey -- Historical background -- Recreating the past -- The Kannon, bosatsu of mercy and compassion. Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyoko Kagawa.
Summary:
In 11th century Japan, two noble children are sold into slavery to the tyrannical bailiff Sansho. Zushio grows up to accept the brutality of society, but his sister Anju adheres to human principles, sacrificing herself so he can escape and find their mother, who had been sold into prostitution.
Series:
The Criterion collection ; 223
LCCN:
96508171
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.