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A.k.a.
Sansho the Bailiff
Year
1954
Runtime
124 min.
Director
Kenji Mizoguchi
Genre
Drama
Rating *
8.4
Votes *
9,510
Checks
3,504
Favs
578
Dislikes
21
Favs/checks
16.5% (1:6)
Favs/dislikes
28:1
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  1. Paul's avatar

    Paul

    "I have seen 'Sansho' only once, a decade ago, emerging from the cinema a broken man but calm in my conviction that I had never seen anything better; I have not dared watch it again, reluctant to ruin the spell, but also because the human heart was not designed to weather such an ordeal." - Anthony Lane, film critic The New Yorker 14 years 2 months ago
  2. TheGallopingGhost's avatar

    TheGallopingGhost

    That Anthony Lane quote is spot on. Watch this when you have plenty of time to pay attention because you will probably never watch it again. 13 years 4 months ago
  3. UnEnfantPerdu's avatar

    UnEnfantPerdu

    Oh Lord What have I just witnessed. Dont think I've seen anything as beautiful or as brutal. 9 years 7 months ago
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  1. This movie ranks #9 in IMDb's 1950s Top 50
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  2. This movie ranks #13 in iCheckMovies's 1950s Top 100
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  4. This movie ranks #62 in Cahiers du Cinéma's Annual Top 10 Lists
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  5. This movie ranks #73 in BIFF's Asian Cinema 100
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  6. This movie ranks #79 in Cahiers du Cinéma's 100 Films for an Ideal Cinematheque
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  7. This movie ranks #84 in TSPDT's 1,000 Greatest Films
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  8. This movie ranks #86 in Eureka!'s The Masters of Cinema Series
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  9. This movie ranks #102 in Sight & Sound's The Greatest Films of All Time
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  10. This movie ranks #107 in Tom Vick's Asian Cinema: A Field Guide
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  11. This movie ranks #128 in Harvard's Suggested Film Viewing: Narrative Films
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  12. This movie ranks #234 in BFI's 360 Classic Feature Films Project
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  13. This movie ranks #269 in 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
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  14. This movie ranks #313 in Roger Ebert's Great Movies
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  15. This movie ranks #370 in Jonathan Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
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  16. This movie ranks #380 in Halliwell's Top 1000: The Ultimate Movie Countdown
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  17. This movie ranks #428 in The Criterion Collection
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  18. This movie ranks #486 in David Thomson's Have You Seen?
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  19. This movie ranks #743 in The New York Times's Book of Movies
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  20. This movie ranks #778 in The Guardian's 1000 Films to See Before You Die
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  21. This movie ranks #798 in Time Out's 1000 Films to Change Your Life
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