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Criterion LaserDiscs Sansho the Bailiff CAV Criterion #223 LaserDisc NEW Tanaka Hanayagi Foreign

Sansho the Bailiff CAV Criterion #223 LaserDisc NEW Tanaka Hanayagi Foreign

Rare Factory-Sealed, LaserDisc Movie Near-Mint Condition Kinuyo Tanaka and Yoshiaki...

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Sansho the Bailiff CAV Criterion #223 LaserDisc NEW Tanaka Hanayagi Foreign

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Sansho

Criterion Collection

( Catalog Number CC1375L )
(1.33:1) (3 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

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Japanese with English Subtitles
Audio Commentary by Professor Thomas Gunnning, Northwestern University
Liner Note by Michael Sragow
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Sansho
1954 - 124 min. - Black and White
Genre: Drama

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Kenji Mizoguchi's masterpiece opens in 11th-century Japan with an aristocratic woman Tamaki traveling through the woods with her daughter Anju, son Zushio, and maid. Through flashbacks, we learn that her husband, Taira no Masauji, was a local governor who was exiled because of his honesty and integrity. Before he leaves, he gives his son an amulet of Kannon, the goddess of mercy, and tells him, "Without mercy, man is like a beast. Men are created equal, everyone is entitled to happiness." On their journey to reunite with their husband/father, they are ambushed by kidnappers, who sell the mother as a prostitute and the two children as slaves to the corrupt Sansho (Eitaro Shindo). As adults, Zushio (Yoshiaki Hanayagi) and his sister Anju (Kyoko Kagawa) continue to toil as servants. Anju learns that her mother has become a courtesan on remote Sado-island. Though Zushio became Sansho's most trusted and most brutal aide; he manages to escape at Anju's behest. He finds sanctuary at a local monastery while Anju, looking to avoid the inevitably violent retribution, drowns herself in a lake. Seeking justice, Zushio petitions the Prime Minister, a desperate act that usually results in imprisonment or death. Yet his pleas prove more successful than he ever dreamed. When he finally has the power to thwart evil Sansho and reunify his family, he learns that he is tragically too late.

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Feature Details

Title: Sansho
Feature Release Date: 1954
Genre: Drama
Color: Black and White
Runtime: 124 Minutes
Chapters: 53
Picture: Academy Ratio
Ratio: 1.33:1
Playback Format: CLV

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Technical Details

LD Release Date: 2 Nov 1994
Catalog Number: CC1375L
UPC: 715515005128
ISBN: 155940485X
Collection: Criterion Collection
Publisher: Criterion

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 3
Cover: Jacket
Spoken Language: Japanese
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: CC1375L-N
Shipping Weight: 2 lbs
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Rare Factory-Sealed, LaserDisc Movie

Near-Mint Condition

Kinuyo Tanaka and Yoshiaki Hanayagi in...

Sansho

Criterion Collection

( Catalog Number CC1375L )
(1.33:1) (3 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
Japanese with English Subtitles
Audio Commentary by Professor Thomas Gunnning, Northwestern University
Liner Note by Michael Sragow
See the History of Criterion LaserDiscs at DaDon's...

Sansho
1954 - 124 min. - Black and White
Genre: Drama

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Kenji Mizoguchi's masterpiece opens in 11th-century Japan with an aristocratic woman Tamaki traveling through the woods with her daughter Anju, son Zushio, and maid. Through flashbacks, we learn that her husband, Taira no Masauji, was a local governor who was exiled because of his honesty and integrity. Before he leaves, he gives his son an amulet of Kannon, the goddess of mercy, and tells him, "Without mercy, man is like a beast. Men are created equal, everyone is entitled to happiness." On their journey to reunite with their husband/father, they are ambushed by kidnappers, who sell the mother as a prostitute and the two children as slaves to the corrupt Sansho (Eitaro Shindo). As adults, Zushio (Yoshiaki Hanayagi) and his sister Anju (Kyoko Kagawa) continue to toil as servants. Anju learns that her mother has become a courtesan on remote Sado-island. Though Zushio became Sansho's most trusted and most brutal aide; he manages to escape at Anju's behest. He finds sanctuary at a local monastery while Anju, looking to avoid the inevitably violent retribution, drowns herself in a lake. Seeking justice, Zushio petitions the Prime Minister, a desperate act that usually results in imprisonment or death. Yet his pleas prove more successful than he ever dreamed. When he finally has the power to thwart evil Sansho and reunify his family, he learns that he is tragically too late.

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