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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Film Cast:

• Tamaki: Kinuyo Tanaka
• Zushiô: Yoshiaki Hanayagi
• Anju: Kyōko Kagawa
• Sanshô dayû: Eitarō Shindō
• Taro: Akitake Kôno
• Zushiō as a Boy: Masahiko Tsugawa
• Young Anju: Keiko Enami
• Masauji Taira: Masao Shimizu
• Prime Minister Fujiwara: Ken Mitsuda
• Norimura: Kazukimi Okuni
• Kohagi: Yōko Kozono
• Namiji: Noriko Tachibana
• Minister of Justice: Ichirō Sugai
• Nakagimi: Teruko Omi
• Ubatake: Chieko Naniwa
• Priestess: Kikue Mōri
• Ritsushi Kumotake: Ryōsuke Kagawa
• Kaikudo Naito: Kanji Koshiba
• Sadaya: Shinobu Araki
• Shiono: Reiko Kongō
• Masasue Taira: Shōzō Nanbu
• Landlord: Ryônosuke Azuma
• Yakko: Sumao Ishihara
• Jiro: Yukio Horikita
• Kanamaru: Jun Fujikawa
• Sado man: Sôji Shibata
• Slave Trader: Akira Shimizu
• Harbour’s lady: Midori Komatsu
• Harbour’s man: Tokio Oki
• Farmer #2: Akira Shiga
• Kimpei: Saburo Date
• …: Goro Nakanishi
• …: Ichirô Amano
• Saburo Miyazaki: Hachiro Okuni
• …: Akiyoshi Kikuno

Film Crew:

• Producer: Masaichi Nagata
• Original Music Composer: Fumio Hayasaka
• Director of Photography: Kazuo Miyagawa
• Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
• Assistant Director: Tokuzō Tanaka
• Screenplay: Yoshikata Yoda
• Production Design: Hisakazu Tsuji
• Screenplay: Fuji Yahiro
• Assistant Art Director: Akira Naitô
• Editor: Mitsuzô Miyata
• Story: Ogai Mori
• Original Music Composer: Tamekichi Mochizuki
• Original Music Composer: Kanahichi Odera
• Sound Designer: Iwao Ôtani
• Gaffer: Kenichi Okamoto
• Art Direction: Kisaku Ito
• Camera Operator: Shôzô Tanaka
• Costume Design: Shima Yoshizane

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