SANSHO THE BAILIFF

KENJI MIZOGUCHI | JAPAN | 1954 | 124 MIN | NR | JAPANESE

Part of the Sight and Sound 100 series
BFI’s 2022 Sight & Sound List #77

Kenji Mizoguchi’s gut-wrenching examination of the absence of mercy and its particularly cruel effects on a family torn apart after the loss of their patriarch.

Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyôko Kagawag

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