Sanshō-dayū = Sansho the bailiff /

Sanshō-dayū = Sansho the bailiff / English title: Sansho the bailiff Daiei Kabushiki Kaisha seisaku ; seisaku, Nagata Masaichi ; gensaku, Mori Ōgai ; kyakuhon, Yahiro Fuji, Yorita Yoshikata ; Kantoku, Mizoguchi Kenji. - DVD edition. - 1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. - 4 3/4 in. - Criterion collection ; 386 . - Criterion collection ; 386. .

Based on a story by Ogai Mori. Originally released as a motion picture in 1954. Previously released on DVD by Criterion Collection in 2007. Special edition: High-definition digital restorations; Audio commentary featuring Japanese literature scholar Jeffrey Angles; Interviews with critic Tadao Sato, assistant director Tokuzo Tanaka, and actress Kyoko Kagawa on the making of the film and its lasting importance.

Director of photography, Kazuo Miyagawa ; director of art, Kisaku Itō ; music, Fumio Hayasaka. Director of photography, Kazuo Miyagawa ; director of art, Kisaku Itō ; music, Fumio Hayasaka.

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

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 --


DVD, NTSC, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital monaural.


In Japanese with English subtitles.

9781604659856 1604659858

715515144810

CC2477D Criterion Collection


Governors--Japan--Drama.
Governors' spouses--Japan--Drama.
Exile (Punishment)--Japan--Drama.
Slave traders--Japan--Drama.
Foreign films--Japan.


Japan--History--Heian period, 794-1185--Drama.


Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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