Sansho the Bailiff Comments

  • Carter 2022-03-23 09:03:28

    Not the best kind of Mizoguchi work, but it is still an unforgettable Mizoguchi, the scene scheduling and emotional flow complement each other, it is a perfect 7.9 points...

  • Lelah 2022-03-21 09:03:25

    The composition of Mizoguchi's use of architecture and natural scenery is so delicate that it is very important to appreciate the picture. The sad folklore takes the straw plot as the support point, and uses the sacrifice of the sister and the tears of the mother to look at the compassion of the abundant women. Consistently criticize the men who are in distress repeatedly. At the end, "Story of the Rain Moon" shakes to the sky, and "Doctor Sansho" faces the...

  • Maximillian 2022-03-21 09:03:25

    stoic female idealized...

  • Kade 2022-03-20 09:03:06

    Little girl, how sad. Dr. Sanjiao, how much...

  • Estevan 2022-03-20 09:03:06

    What is unacceptable is that the long shot of Mizoguchi's fixed camera seems to have no expression of position. As a result, I, as the audience, seem to be one of the participants, and the soldering iron of the person who wants to escape seems to be hot. is held in my hand. The final imprint is more like being branded on my...

  • Vicenta 2022-03-20 09:03:06

    Unlike Masaki Kobayashi, who started with the Bushido ideology, Mizoguchi's anti-feudalism is either singing and dancing geisha, or using his career and human feelings, and his experience of human existence to tell the sadness of human life. In contrast, Mizoguchi has neither the common and universal samurai morale of Akira Kurosawa, nor Ozu's modern perspective and human grief, but he is one of the most poetic, lyrical and...

  • Makayla 2022-03-20 09:03:06

    Mizoguchi's poetic camera language, slow and powerful, very catchy; flashbacks in the opening scene, switching between mother and son; as always, I like the female characters in it, the stoic Shinoko, the mother singing by the sea, The maids who silently help each...

  • Adelbert 2022-03-19 09:01:10

    The world is desolate. Even wanting to be good is so difficult. A person's strength is weak, but the system is intertwined. As Taro, who has escaped into the void, said, as long as it does not affect his own life, how much can a person respond to the pain of others. "Benevolence" is an ideal, but it is difficult to promote it. The same goes for being an official. The Chef King finally liberated the manor, but at the cost of resigning from officialdom. Only the suffering mother and son are left...

  • Rachelle 2022-03-19 09:01:10

    Chinese costume movies rarely have humanitarian or humanistic care, and most of them go straight to the high. Mizoguchi's film, the story is not special, but his foothold is the fate of ordinary people, not power struggle, samurai spirit (the gimmick of many costume movies). I have always imagined that there can be costume films focusing on ordinary people in Chinese-language films, but other than "Mrs. Dong" and "Autumn Finals", it is...

  • Jada 2022-03-19 09:01:10

    The representative work of Kenji Mizoguchi's most prolific year won the Venice Silver Lion Award. 1. Adapted from folklore, the story of ups and downs - slavery - revenge & family search, unfortunately it was not really shot according to Mizoguchi's original intention. 2. This time, it no longer focuses on women (but the portrayal of the role of An Shou is very powerful), but on the male subject's return to his lost way, his return to his original intention, his accusation of the feudal power...

Extended Reading

Sansho the Bailiff quotes

  • Zushiô: [quoting his father] "Without mercy, man is not a human being."

  • 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.