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1955 (USA) moreTagline:
A film of unparalleled beauty by the great Japanese Master Kenji MizoguchiPlot:
In mediaeval Japan a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him... more | add synopsisAwards:
1 win & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
A Life Without Freedom moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Kinuyo Tanaka | ... | Tamaki |
| Yoshiaki Hanayagi | ... | Zushiô |
| Kyôko Kagawa | ... | Anju |
| Eitarô Shindô | ... | Sanshô dayû |
| Akitake Kôno | ... | Taro |
| Masao Shimizu | ... | Masauji Taira |
| Ken Mitsuda | ... | Prime Minister Fujiwara |
| Kazukimi Okuni | ... | Norimura |
| Yôko Kosono | ... | Kohagi |
| Noriko Tachibana | ... | Namiji |
| Ichirô Sugai | ... | Minister of Justice |
| Teruko Omi | ... | Nakagimi |
| Masahiko Kato | ... | Young Zushio |
| Keiko Enami | ... | Young Anju |
| Bontarô Akemi | ... | Kichiji |
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'Kenji Mizoguchi' initially intended to center the film around Sansho, the Slavelord. However, the film ended up with the sad story of Zushio and Anju as its narrative, dramatic center. moreQuotes:
Taro: Even children as young as you are sold and bought, treated like animals, and nobody questions it. What a horrible world. moreFAQ
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With tears of emotions the word "masterpiece" begins to develop on my lips. Incapable to speak it out loud, a gentle smile surrounds my face. I am deeply blessed. (This is my immediate reaction after having finished watching "Sansho".)
In long, meditative shots, Mizoguchi fluently tells the story of two siblings who get separated from their mother and have to work for a cruel slave owner. It is an old legend of destitution and revenge, brought in pictures so beautiful, that you would want to frame each and every one of it and hang them up above your bed. Those are pictures of utter elegance, extreme subtlety and an intoxicating abstinence of brutality, of vain love and the slam of fate, which form that one condition people usually call life.
Probably the best film I have seen in 2006.