

In 11th-century feudal Japan, following the exile of an idealistic governor, his wife and children are separated by slave traders; the children, Zushio and Anju, are sold into brutal servitude under the cruel bailiff Sansho.

Kinuyo Tanaka

Yoshiaki Hanayagi

Kyōko Kagawa

Eitarō Shindō

Ichirō Sugai

Bontarō Miake

Yōko Kozono

Chieko Naniwa

Kikue Mōri

Ken Mitsuda

Masao Shimizu

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Akitake Kōno

Kanji Koshiba

Shinobu Araki

Masahiko Tsugawa

Keiko Enami

Teruko Ōmi

Kimiko Tachibana

Reiko Kongō

Shōzō Nanbu

Ryōnosuke Azuma

Kazukimi Okuni

Saburo Date

Sumao Ishihara

Ichirō Amano

Midori Komatsu

Yukio Horikita

Jun Fujikawa

Sōji Shibata

Akira Shimizu

Tokio Oki

Akira Shiga

Goro Nakanishi

Hachiro Okuni

Akiyoshi Kikuno