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A governor in 11th century Japan is exiled, and his wife (Kinuyo Tanaka) and two children are sold into slavery. And it only gets crazier from there!
The young boy (Yoshiaki Hanayagi) and girl (Kyōko Kagawa) come of age in the service of the local administrator Sanshō (Eitarō Shindō). Disgraced, each member of the shattered family survives unending cruelty with only the belief that good will triumph over evil. Which, as this episode proves, isn’t everybody’s cup of tea.
Kenji Mizoguchi’s SANSHO THE BAILIFF is recognized as one of the greatest films of all time, a heartrending narrative of the indomitable human spirit in the face of systemic adversity. It’s kind of like Superman.
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Show art by Emily Csuy. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro: “Sanshō the Bailiff Theme” by Fumio Hayasaka from the SANSHO THE BAILIFF soundtrack.
Timestamps
0:00 - Episode 383: SANSHO THE BAILIFF (1954)
3:35 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary
5:33 - Whadja Watch This Week?
14:20 - Why the movie’s named after a bad guy
36:22 - Is goodness actually its own reward?
56:06 - Zushiō after the time jump
1:02:37 - What if it’s NOT all gonna work out?
1:08:28 - The ending
1:17:23 - “Obvious” moments that still work well
1:25:59 - The Junk Drawer
1:32:04 - To All the Loves We’ve Tried Before: 1954
1:34:26 - Sanshō the ‘Boxd Fiend (over/under for movies above or below the Letterboxd ranking of SANSHO THE BAILIFF)
