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"When an idealistic governor disobeys the reigning feudal lord, he is cast into exile, his wife and children left to fend for themselves and eventually wrenched apart by vicious slave drivers --"
"À la fin de l'ère Heian, 2 enfants, le fils et la fille d'un gouverneur exilé, sont séparés de leur mère et vendus comme esclaves à un seigneur cruel et corrompu, l'intendant Sansho. Plusieurs années après, le jeune homme Zushio, s'évade avec l'aide de sa soeur, Anju, qui se suicide une fois reprise pour ne pas avoir à révéler, sous la torture, la direction prise par son frère. Ayant accédé à son tour au rang de gouverneur, Zushio abolit l'esclavage, confisque les biens de Sansho et retrouve sa vieille mère."
"Gion bayashi: The story of the beautiful Eiko who decides to follow in her mother's footsteps and become a geisha. Eiko takes up traditional geisha training but discovers the truth that in the new Japan of the 1950s, art alone will not sustain a woman."
"Two children set off with their mother to find their father, a noble banished for protecting farmers. Their guide separates them and sells the children as slaves to Sansho, a tyrant. After years, they escape. The daughter commits suicide but the son becomes a great lord, displaces Sansho, and sets out to find his mother."
"In 11th century Japan, two noble children are sold into slavery to the tyrannical bailiff Sansho. Zushio grows up to accept the brutality of society, but his sister Anju adheres to human principles, sacrificing herself so he can escape and find their mother, who had been sold into prostitution."
"Based on an ancient legend, an unforgettably sad story of social injustice, family love, personal sacrifice and fateful tragedy. Two children set off with their mother to find their father, a noble banished for protecting farmers. Their guide separates them and sells the children as slaves to Sansho, a tyrant. After years, they escape. The daughter commits suicide; the son becomes a great lord, displaces Sansho, and sets out to find his mother."
"Political ideals and slave traders bring about the downfall of an aristocratic eleventh century Japanese family. In mediaeval 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."
"In 11th century Japan, two noble children are sold into slavery to the tyrannical bailiff Sansho. Zushio grows up to accept the brutality of society, but his sister Anju adheres to humane principles, sacrificing herself so he can escape and find their mother, who had been sold into prostitution."
"In this epic set in the 11th century, an aristocratic brother and sister are kidnapped into a slave camp where they learn how rare it is for people to act with mercy and sympathy."
"Sanshō Dayū: Based on an ancient legend, an unforgettably sad story of social injustice, family love, personal sacrifice and fateful tragedy. Two children set off with their mother to find their father, a noble banished for protecting farmers. Their guide separates them and sells the children as slaves to Sansho, a tyrant. After years, they escape. The daughter commits suicide; the son becomes a great lord, displaces Sansho, and sets out to find his mother."
"Based on an ancient legend, Sanshō Dayū is an unforgettably sad story of social injustice, family love, personal sacrifice and fateful tragedy. Gion bayashi is set in the world of the courtesan and contrasts two very different geishas."
"When an idealistic governor disobeys the reigning feudal lord, he is cast into exile, his wife and children left to fend for themselves and eventually wrenched apart by vicious slave traders. Under Kenji Mizoguchi's dazzling direction, this classic Japanese story became one of cinema's greatest masterpieces, a monumental, empathetic expression of human resilience in the face of evil."
"Two children set off with their mother to find their father, a noble banished for protecting farmers. Their guide separates them and sells the children as slaves to Sansho, a tyrant. After years, they escape. The daughter commits suicide; the son becomes a great lord, displaces Sansho, and sets out to find his mother."
"An idealistic governor disobeys his feudal lord, resulting in his own exile and his wife and children being separated by slave traders."
"When an idealistic governor disobeys the reigning feudal lord, he is cast into exile, his wife and children left to defend for themselves and eventually are separated by vicious slave traders. Under the dazzling direction of Kenji Mizoguchi, Sansho the Bailiff is a classic Japanese story which is seen as a Japanese masterpiece, a monumental, empathetic expression of human resilience in the face of evil."