Sansho the Bailiff

Without mercy, man is like a beast.

In medieval Japan a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression.

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“Sansho the Bailiff is just one of the most devastating melodramas I've ever seen.”

Ari Aster

Director, Writer