Sansho the Bailiff
Mar 31, 1954 | IMDB 8.1
124 min Watch NowDrama
In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years earlier.
Drama
In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years earlier.
MOVIE COMMENTS
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Aparajito
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The Gold Rush
Paths of Glory
The Man Who Would Be King
Rashomon
Solaris
Wild Strawberries
The Last Samurai
Lost Highway
The Elephant Man
Two Brothers
In the Bedroom
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Secret Sunshine
Malcolm X
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IMDB 7.9 | Oct , 1956
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IMDB 6.9 | May , 1919
The love story of an abused English girl and a Chinese Buddhist in a time when London was a brutal and harsh place to live.City Lights
IMDB 8.3 | Feb , 1931
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IMDB 7.8 | Jun , 1989
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IMDB 8.3 | Oct , 1957
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IMDB 7.8 | Mar , 1972
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IMDB 7.5 | Nov , 1992
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