On this week's episode, Charlie and Antonio are knocked out by SANSHO THE BAILIFF, Kenji Mizoguchi's 1954 tragedy about a family torn apart in feudal Japan. With this film, Mizoguchi proves to be a stand-out director for the FilmBabble Boys. Don't let this one pass you by. Mercy, brutality, integrity, HUMANITY. It's all here.
On this week's episode, Charlie and Antonio are knocked out by SANSHO THE BAILIFF, Kenji Mizoguchi's 1954 tragedy about family torn apart in a feudal Japan. With this film, Mizoguchi proves to be a stand-out director for the FilmBabble Boys. Don't let this one pass you by. Mercy, brutality, integrity, HUMANITY. It's all here.
SANSHO THE BAILIFF can be streamed for free on the Criterion Channel or rented on Prime Video and Apple TV.
Intro/outro music: "Mess Mend" by Horse Lords
SANSHO THE BAILIFF (1954), written by Fuji Yahiro and Yoshikata Yoda, directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, cinematography by Kazuo Miyagawa, featuring Kinuyo Tanaka, Kyoko Kagawa, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, and Eitaro Shindo