Sansho the Bailiff Comments

  • Pedro 2022-04-21 09:03:45

    The male protagonist and his father are indeed noble people, but people who say that people are born equal makes their wives, sons and daughters become prostitutes and slaves. People who gave up their public office for their ideals didn't actually change anything. It is difficult to change human nature even if you rescue someone from a...

  • Orpha 2022-04-21 09:03:45

    How to live in such a world. If you are not born into a rich family, you will probably have to rely on luck to get revenge later. and then? No luck? It is possible to be brave for a while, but long-term stability depends on very powerful strategies and systems that can be implemented. How can I make a wolf if there are only two simple models of wolf and sheep? Apart from being loved by others, especially being recognized by parents, is there any other value and meaning in being kind to...

  • Newell 2022-04-21 09:03:45

    There are two discourse circles in the story: one is the discourse circle of Confucian civilization including Buddha statues, father's proverbs, mother's songs, and guards; the other is the uncivilized discourse about slaves, soldering irons, prostitutes, islands, and sick women abandoning mountains lock up. When the father's mercy tried to pass on to the pariahs from his discourse circle, it was doomed to a tragic result that was absolutely impossible to relieve. The son's revenge and timely...

  • Hans 2022-04-21 09:03:45

    siff, there is a kind of compassion in Japanese movies, the desire to live, Delsu Uzala, duel in the quiet night. I haven't seen it in Chinese-speaking movies. Jia Zhangke and Yang Dechang seem to be, but they're...

  • Kirstin 2022-04-21 09:03:45

    #siffeighth# I always thought this was Mizoguchi's film, it should be the brother who died and the younger sister, hahaha. A tragic family of the only wise man in a world of great ignorance. The scheduling of the shots is very powerful, and it is not sensational at all, allowing the audience to look on and watch the sultry world of this servile...

  • Friedrich 2022-04-21 09:03:45

    A poem came to mind: "Life is precious, but love is more expensive. If it is for freedom, both can be thrown away." of? Those who persevere, sacrifice everything and stick to their ideas of the world, fairness, integrity, kindness and compassion, they deserve to be remembered forever by people, they are the inspiration of...

  • Olen 2022-04-21 09:03:45

    The second Mizoguchi, the story is very strong. A critique of official corruption and slavery in feudal dynasties. A generation of loyal and good people ended up in ruins. God is pitiful to see his son meet a nobleman, punish the wicked, and find his...

  • Myrna 2022-03-27 09:01:21

    The father was demoted for being a good official, the mother, son, daughter, and old woman were abducted and sold on the way to find him, and the mother was sold as a prostitute. The elder brother and younger sister were sold to Danhou and became slaves. It was the younger sister who never forgot their hearts in the process of growing up. The younger sister found a clue of where her mother was. In order to let his brother escape, he stayed by himself. In order not to leak the secret, he chose...

  • Amparo 2022-03-27 09:01:21

    Tragedy under the system. It was originally a folklore changed into a historical film, but in fact there are too many unreasonable things to call it a historical film. Even in this movie with a slightly positive image of the male protagonist, Mizoguchi did not forget to let the chef king leave his sister alone in the manor. At the end, the performance method of Tanaka Kinyo's mother and son recognizing once again proves that Mizoguchi is the guardian of Japanese traditional...

  • Otis 2022-03-27 09:01:21

    Under the pressure of Dae Young, the director suppressed the guilt of clinging to the mud, and the man had an idealistic aura. This intervention of the production company made the film. If you follow Mizoguchi's creative intention and analyze the psychological process of Sanjiao's cruelty, the film will inevitably fall into the Mizoguchi corps of "oversighted". Mizoguchi's superficial line drawing skills are difficult to do, and to analyze it can only be the same generation of Uchida's dream....

Extended Reading

Sansho the Bailiff quotes

  • Masauji Taira: [Speaking to his son Zushio on the verge of being exiled and separated from his family] Zushio, I wonder if you'll become a stubborn man like me. You may be too young to understand, but hear me out anyway. Without mercy, man is like a beast. Even if you are hard on yourself, be merciful to others. Men are created equal. Everyone is entitled to their happiness.

  • Taro: Even children as young as you are sold and bought, treated like animals, and nobody questions it. What a horrible world.