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title: "Sansho the Bailiff: cast and crew"
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cast: 36
crew: 18
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# Sansho the Bailiff (1954): cast and crew

36 cast and 18 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Kinuyo Tanaka](https://film.one/person/kinuyo-tanaka.md) as Tamaki
- [Yoshiaki Hanayagi](https://film.one/person/yoshiaki-hanayagi.md) as Zushiô
- [Kyōko Kagawa](https://film.one/person/kyoko-kagawa.md) as Anju
- [Eitarō Shindō](https://film.one/person/eitaro-shindo.md) as Sanshô dayû
- [Ichirō Sugai](https://film.one/person/ichiro-sugai.md) as Minister of Justice
- [Bontarō Miake](https://film.one/person/bontaro-miake.md) as Kichiji
- [Yōko Kozono](https://film.one/person/yoko-kozono.md) as Kohagi
- [Chieko Naniwa](https://film.one/person/chieko-naniwa.md) as Ubatake
- [Kikue Mōri](https://film.one/person/kikue-mori.md) as Priestess
- [Ken Mitsuda](https://film.one/person/ken-mitsuda.md) as Prime Minister Fujiwara
- [Masao Shimizu](https://film.one/person/masao-shimizu.md) as Masauji Taira
- [Ryōsuke Kagawa](https://film.one/person/ryosuke-kagawa.md) as Ritsushi Kumotake
- Akitake Kōno as Taro
- Kanji Koshiba as Kaikudo Naito
- Shinobu Araki as Sadaya
- Masahiko Tsugawa as Young Zushiō
- Keiko Enami as Young Anju
- Teruko Ōmi as Nakagimi
- Kimiko Tachibana as Namiji
- Reiko Kongō as Shiono
- Shōzō Nanbu as Masasue Taira
- Ryōnosuke Azuma as Landlord
- Kazukimi Okuni as Norimura
- Saburo Date as Kimpei
- Sumao Ishihara as Yakko
- Ichirō Amano
- Midori Komatsu as Harbour's Lady
- Yukio Horikita as Jiro
- Jun Fujikawa as Kanamaru
- Sōji Shibata as Sado Man
- Akira Shimizu as Slave Trader
- Tokio Oki as Harbour's Man
- Akira Shiga as Farmer #2
- Goro Nakanishi
- Hachiro Okuni as Saburo Miyazaki
- Akiyoshi Kikuno

## Directing

- [Kenji Mizoguchi](https://film.one/person/kenji-mizoguchi.md): Director
- Tokuzō Tanaka: Assistant Director

## Writing

- Mori Ogai: Original Story
- [Yoshikata Yoda](https://film.one/person/yoshikata-yoda.md): Screenplay
- [Fuji Yahiro](https://film.one/person/fuji-yahiro.md): Screenplay

## Production

- [Masaichi Nagata](https://film.one/person/masaichi-nagata.md): Producer

## Camera

- [Kazuo Miyagawa](https://film.one/person/kazuo-miyagawa.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Mitsuzō Miyata](https://film.one/person/mitsuzo-miyata.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [Kanahichi Odera](https://film.one/person/kanahichi-odera.md): Original Music Composer
- [Fumio Hayasaka](https://film.one/person/fumio-hayasaka.md): Original Music Composer
- [Tamekichi Mochizuki](https://film.one/person/tamekichi-mochizuki.md): Original Music Composer
- Iwao Ōtani: Sound Designer

## Art

- Shozo Tanaka: Assistant Director of Photography
- Kisaku Ito: Art Direction
- Akira Naitō: Assistant Art Director
- [Hisakazu Tsuji](https://film.one/person/hisakazu-tsuji.md): Production Design

## Costume and make-up

- [Shima Yoshizane](https://film.one/person/shima-yoshizane.md): Costume Design

## Lighting

- Ken'ichi Okamoto: Gaffer

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