Sansho the Bailiff 1954
In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years earlier.
In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years earlier.
A comedy about a family of old-fashioned samurai living in modern-day Tokyo whose young son has to head out for an important date.
Saotome, a sword master and guard of the Shogunate, pursues the mystery of a deadly aerial weapon that is responsible for the multiple deaths in town.
The fairy tale tells the story of a very wise Japanese judge, Ooka, who, when judging disputes between merchants, slaves, and even mayors, always listens to both sides first and then makes a fair decision. With his tricks and correctly asked questions, no perjurer or swindler escapes his notice.