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A film of unparalleled beauty by the great Japanese Master Kenji Mizoguchi
Directed By Kenji Mizoguchi Kenji Mizoguchi Starring Kyoko Kagawa Kyoko Kagawa • Kinuyo Tanaka Kinuyo Tanaka • Yoshiaki Hanayagi Yoshiaki Hanayagi • Eitaro Shindo Eitaro Shindo • Akitake Kono Akitake Kono Genres Drama • Foreign Language Film • Period Film Studios &Franchises The Criterion Collection • Masters of Cinema • They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? • 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die • Roger Ebert's Great Movies • Madman Films • Sight & Sound's Greatest Films of All Time Poll • Cahiers du cinéma: Top 10 Lists • Time Out: New York's 50 Best Foreign Films • The Cinemaholic's 100 Best Japanese Movies of All Time Other Titles Legend of Bailiff Sansho [United States] • Sanshô dayû [Japan] Release Info 1954-03-31T00:00:00Z March 31, 1954 B&W • 124 minutes NR see more films from 1954 ► see more about this film on our blog ►
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eaglesflyhigh on 2/15/2020 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
It delivers a nice message on a tough subject, but Sansho just didn't do it for me. I just found the acting and dialog unconvincing and couldn't take it seriously.
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