Film | Sansho the Bailiff

Name: Film | Sansho the Bailiff
Start: 2025-09-10T14:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-10T16:05:00-04:00
Location: 1050 Independence Ave SW, Washington D.C., DC, United States, Washington, District of Columbia 20560

Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art

Highlights

Wed, 10 Sep, 2025 at 02:00 pm

2.1 hours

1050 Independence Ave SW, Washington D.C., DC, United States, Washington, District of Columbia 20560

Date & Location

Wed, 10 Sep, 2025 at 02:00 pm to 04:05 pm (EDT)

1050 Independence Ave SW, Washington D.C., District of Columbia 20560

1050 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20024, United States

About the event

Film | Sansho the Bailiff

Cost: Free; register in advance recommended

When an idealistic governor disobeys the reigning feudal lord, he is cast into exile. His wife and children are left to fend for themselves and eventually wrenched apart by vicious slave traders. Under Kenji Mizoguchi’s dazzling direction, this classic Japanese story became one of cinema’s greatest masterpieces, a monumental, empathetic expression of human resilience in the face of evil. (Description courtesy of Janus Films)

Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. Country: Japan. Released: 1954. Length 124 min. Format: DCP. Language: Japanese with English subtitles.

Image Courtesy of Janus Films

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