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Sansho the bailiff

Title
Sansho the bailiff / directed by Kenji Mizoguchi ; produced by Masaichi Nagata ; written by Fuji Yahiro and Yoshikata Yoda.
Publication
Irvington, N.Y. : The Voyager Company [distributor], [1994], ©1994.

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Additional Authors
  • Mizoguchi, Kenji, 1898-1956.
  • Mori, Ōgai, 1862-1922.
  • New York Film Annex.
  • Voyager Company.
Description
2 videodiscs (124 min.) : sound, black and white; 12 in.
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 humane principles, sacrificing herself so he can escape and find their mother, who had been sold into prostitution.
Series Statement
The Criterion collection
Uniform Title
  • Sanshō-dayū (Motion picture)
  • Criterion collection.
Alternative Title
Sanshō-dayū.
Subjects
Note
  • In Japanese, with English subtitles.
  • Title from container.
  • Originally produced as motion picture in 1954 by Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd.
  • From the story as told by Mori Ōgai.
  • Program notes by Michael Sragow on container.
  • "CC1375L."
Credits (note)
  • Music, Fumio Hayasaka; cinematography, Kazuo Miyagawa.
Performer (note)
  • Eitaro Shindo, Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayaki, Kyoko Kagawa.
System Details (note)
  • Sides 1 and 2 CLV (extended play), side 3 CAV (full feature format).
ISBN
155940485X
OCLC
  • ocm32494451
  • SCSB-3502446
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries