Sansho the bailiff : [Sanshō-dayū] /

"'In this legendary tale set in the 11th century, a kindly governor is exiled, his wife forced into prostitution, and his son and daughter sold into slavery to the tyrannical baliff Sansho.' Ten years later, the son escapes, rises to power and searches for his mother"--Container.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Sanshō-dayū.
Corporate Authors: Daiē, Kabushiki Kaisha, Janus Films, Home Vision (Firm)
Other Authors: Mori, Ōgai, 1862-1922, Mizoguchi, Kenji, 1898-1956, Shindō, Eitarō, 1899-1977, Hanayagi, Yoshiaki, 1924-1978, Kagawa, Kyōko, Tanaka, Kinuyo, 1909-1977, Kōno, Akitake, 1911-1978
Format: Video VHS
Language:Japanese
Language Notes:In Japanese with new electronic English subtitles.
Published: [Chicago, Ill.] : Home Vision, [1994]
Series:Japanese classic collection.
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Description
Summary:"'In this legendary tale set in the 11th century, a kindly governor is exiled, his wife forced into prostitution, and his son and daughter sold into slavery to the tyrannical baliff Sansho.' Ten years later, the son escapes, rises to power and searches for his mother"--Container.
Item Description:Based on a story by Ogai Mori.
Videocassette release of the 1954 motion picture.
New digital audio/video film-to-tape electronic transfer.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette ( 125 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS.
Awards:"Venice Film Festival grand prize"--Slipcase.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Kazuo Miyagawa ; music, Fumio Hayasaka.
ISBN:0780014480