In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years earlier.
Cast
Kinuyo Tanaka
Tamaki
Yoshiaki Hanayagi
Zushiô
Kyōko Kagawa
Anju
Eitarō Shindō
Sanshô dayû
Ichirō Sugai
Minister of Justice
Bontarō Miake
Kichiji
Yōko Kozono
Kohagi
Chieko Naniwa
Ubatake
Kikue Mōri
Priestess
Ken Mitsuda
Prime Minister Fujiwara
Masao Shimizu
Masauji Taira
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Ritsushi Kumotake
Akitake Kōno
Taro
Kanji Koshiba
Kaikudo Naito
Shinobu Araki
Sadaya
Masahiko Tsugawa
Young Zushiō
Keiko Enami
Young Anju
Teruko Ōmi
Nakagimi
Kimiko Tachibana
Namiji
Reiko Kongō
Shiono
Shōzō Nanbu
Masasue Taira
Ryōnosuke Azuma
Landlord
Kazukimi Okuni
Norimura
Saburo Date
Kimpei
Sumao Ishihara
Yakko
Ichirō Amano
Unknown
Midori Komatsu
Harbour's Lady
Yukio Horikita
Jiro
Jun Fujikawa
Kanamaru
Sōji Shibata
Sado Man
Akira Shimizu
Slave Trader
Tokio Oki
Harbour's Man
Akira Shiga
Farmer #2
Goro Nakanishi
Unknown
Hachiro Okuni
Saburo Miyazaki
Akiyoshi Kikuno
Unknown
Crew
Kenji Mizoguchi
Director
Yoshikata Yoda
Screenplay
Fuji Yahiro
Screenplay
Mitsuzō Miyata
Editor
Kazuo Miyagawa
Director of Photography
Shozo Tanaka
Assistant Director of Photography
Tokuzō Tanaka
Assistant Director
Masaichi Nagata
Producer
Hisakazu Tsuji
Production Design
Shima Yoshizane
Costume Design
Akira Naitō
Assistant Art Director
Iwao Ōtani
Sound Designer
Kanahichi Odera
Original Music Composer
Fumio Hayasaka
Original Music Composer
Tamekichi Mochizuki
Original Music Composer
Ken'ichi Okamoto
Gaffer
Mori Ogai
Original Story
Kisaku Ito
Art Direction
