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DVD

Sansho the bailiff = Sanshō dayū

Call Number

  • DVD FOREIGN (CEN)

Edition

Special ed.

Languages

In Japanese, with optional English subtitles.

Performers

Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyōko Kagawa, Masao Shimizu, Eitaro Shindo.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2007]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (124 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

When an idealistic governor disobeys the reigning feudal lord, he is cast into exile, his wife and children left to fend for themselves and eventually wrenched apart by vicious slave drivers.

Notes

From the story "Sanshō dayū" as told by Ogai Mori.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1954.

Special features: audio commentary by Japanese-literature professor Jeffrey Angles ; video interviews with critic Tadao Sato, assistant director Tokuzo Tanaka, and actress Kyoko Kagawa on the making of the film and its lasting importance.

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