Sansho the Bailiff
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Sansho the Bailiff is a 1954 Japanese period film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi based on a 1915 short story of the same name by Mori Ōgai, which in turn was based on a sekkyō-bushi appearing in written
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Kinuyo Tanaka
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Kinuyo Tanaka was a Japanese actress and film director. She had a career lasting over 50 years with more than 250 acting credits, but was best known for her 15 films with director Kenji Mizoguchi, suc
Sansho the Bailiff
…Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi Screenplay by Fuji Yahiro Yoshikata Yoda Based on "Sansho the Bailiff" by Mori Ōgai Produced by Masaichi Nagata Starring Kinuyo Tanaka Kyōko Kagawa Yoshiaki Hanayagi Eitarō Shindō Cinematography Kazuo Miyagawa Edited by Mitsuzō Miyata Music by Fumio Hayasaka Distributed by Daiei Film…
Tanaka in Burden of Life (1935)
Screenwriter Yoshikata Yoda, Kinuyo Tanaka and Kenji Mizoguchi visit Paris, 1953
A museum in Tanaka's hometown is nicknamed the "Kinuyo Tanaka Cultural Museum" in her honor.