Sansho the Bailiff

1954 film by Kenji Mizoguchi
Movie film Q2633405
Sansho the Bailiff
Daiei Motion Picture Company (大映株式会社, Daiei Kabushiki-gaisha), © 1954 · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Sansho the Bailiff

Summary

Sansho the Bailiff is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (314 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sansho the Bailiff authored Mori Ōgai[3].
  • Sansho the Bailiff's image is recorded as Sansho Dayu poster.jpg[4].
  • Sansho the Bailiff's instance of is recorded as film[5].
  • Sansho the Bailiff's director is recorded as Kenji Mizoguchi[6].
  • Sansho the Bailiff's screenwriter is recorded as Yoshikata Yoda[7].
  • Sansho the Bailiff's screenwriter is recorded as Mori Ōgai[8].
  • Sansho the Bailiff's composer is recorded as Fumio Hayasaka[9].
  • Sansho the Bailiff's genre is recorded as drama film[10].
  • Sansho the Bailiff's genre is recorded as Jidaigeki[11].
  • Sansho the Bailiff's based on is recorded as Sansho dayu[12].
  • Sansho the Bailiff's cast member is recorded as Kinuyo Tanaka[13].
  • Sansho the Bailiff's cast member is recorded as Kyōko Kagawa[14].
  • Sansho the Bailiff's cast member is recorded as Eitarō Shindō[15].
  • Sansho the Bailiff's cast member is recorded as Ken Mitsuda[16].
  • Sansho the Bailiff's cast member is recorded as Masahiko Tsugawa[17].
  • Sansho the Bailiff's cast member is recorded as Masao Shimizu[18].
  • Sansho the Bailiff's cast member is recorded as Ichirō Sugai[19].
  • Sansho the Bailiff's cast member is recorded as Ryōsuke Kagawa[20].
  • Sansho the Bailiff's cast member is recorded as Akitake Kōno[21].
  • Sansho the Bailiff's producer is recorded as Masaichi Nagata[22].
  • Sansho the Bailiff's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 316751812[23].
  • Sansho the Bailiff's GND ID is recorded as 4612914-5[24].
  • Sansho the Bailiff's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 13748124t[25].
  • Sansho the Bailiff's IdRef ID is recorded as 066926335[26].
  • Sansho the Bailiff's production company is recorded as Kadokawa Pictures[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Sansho the Bailiff authored Mori Ōgai[3]. Its producer is recorded as Masaichi Nagata[22]. Its director is recorded as Kenji Mizoguchi[6]. Screenwriters include Yoshikata Yoda[7] and Mori Ōgai[8]. Cast members include Kinuyo Tanaka[13], Kyōko Kagawa[14], Eitarō Shindō[15], Ken Mitsuda[16], Masahiko Tsugawa[17], and Masao Shimizu[18].

Publication

Publication dates include +1954-01-01T00:00:00Z[28] and +1954-03-31T00:00:00Z[29]. Sansho the Bailiff's original language of film or TV show is recorded as Japanese[30]. Genres include drama film[10] and Jidaigeki[11].

Reception

Reviews include 9/10[31], 100%[32], 96/100[33], and 8.3/10[34].

Why It Matters

Sansho the Bailiff ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (314 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . FilmAffinity. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] . wikidata.org.
  27. [31] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [32] . wikidata.org.
  29. [33] . wikidata.org.
  30. [34] . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  31. [28] . wikidata.org.
  32. [29] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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