Sansho Dayu (Sansho the Bailiff) (BFI Film Classics)
Carole Cavanaugh
Language: English
Pages: 79
ISBN: 0851708153
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
This text looks at Kenji Mizoguchi's film Sansho Dayu, a version of a famous Japanese folk-tale about an eleventth century feudal official forced into exile by his political enemies. In his absence, his children fall under the corrupting influence of the malevolent Sansho.
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