# Sansho the Bailiff (1954)

**Genres:** Drama

**Duration:** 124 min

**Age rating:** FSK 16

**IMDb:** [8.3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047445/)

**Letterboxd:** [4.4](https://letterboxd.com/film/sansho-the-bailiff/)

**Rotten Tomatoes:** [Tomatometer: 100%, Popcornmeter: 95%](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sansho_the_bailiff)

## Description

In medieval Japan, a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression.

## Details

**Premiere:** 13 Oct 2026 (in 7 days)

**Director:** Kenji Mizoguchi

**Cast:** Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyōko Kagawa, Eitarō Shindō, Ichirō Sugai, Bontarō Miake, Yôko Kosono, Chieko Naniwa, Kikue Môri, Ken Mitsuda, Masao Shimizu, Ryōsuke Kagawa

**Countries:** Japan

**Languages:** Japanese

**Available versions:** OmeU

**Open-air showtimes:** No

**Trailer:** [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TSo4GBi1xI)

## Showtimes in Hamburg in original language (OV, OmU, OmeU)

### 2026-10-13 (Tuesday)

- **[Abaton](https://hamburg.ov-berlin.info/cinemas/147-abaton.md) (Eimsbüttel):** [2026-10-13 19:15](https://www.kinoheld.de/kino/hamburg/abaton-kino-hamburg/vorstellung/586069)  (OmeU)

### 2026-10-18 (Sunday)

- **[Abaton](https://hamburg.ov-berlin.info/cinemas/147-abaton.md) (Eimsbüttel):** [2026-10-18 11:00](https://www.kinoheld.de/kino/hamburg/abaton-kino-hamburg/vorstellung/586078)  (OmeU)