880-03 Tanaka Kinuyo, Hanayagi Yoshiaki, Kagawa Kyōko, Shindo Eitaro. Originally released as a motion picture in 1954. Special features: audio commentary by Japanese literature professor Jeffrey Angles; new video interviews with critic Tadao Sato, assistant director Tokugo Tanaka, and actress Kyoko Kagawa on the making of the film and its lasting importance.
Summary:
When an idealistic governor disobeys the reigning feudal lord, he is cast into exile, his wife and children left to defend for themselves and eventually are separated by vicious slave traders. Under the dazzling direction of Kenji Mizoguchi, Sansho the Bailiff is a classic Japanese story which is seen as a Japanese masterpiece, a monumental, empathetic expression of human resilience in the face of evil.
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