Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
山椒大夫
"Without mercy, man is like a beast."
ThumbScore
👍 90%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 98%
(RT: 100%, MC: 96) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Kinuyo Tanaka as Tamaki
Yoshiaki Hanayagi as Zushiô
Eitarō Shindō as Sanshô dayû
Ichirō Sugai as Minister of Justice
Bontarō Miake as Kichiji
Yōko Kozono as Kohagi
Chieko Naniwa as Ubatake
Is Sansho the Bailiff good?
Yes. 90% audience score, estimated from 443 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 98%.
Overview
In 11th-century feudal Japan, following the exile of an idealistic governor, his wife and children are separated by slave traders; the children, Zushio and Anju, are sold into brutal servitude under the cruel bailiff Sansho. Wikipedia ↗
