Sansho The Bailiff - Wellington Film Society
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When:
| Mon 5 Sep ’11, 6:15pm–8:15pm |
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Where: The Paramount Theatre, 25 Courtenay Place, Wellington Show map
Restrictions: All Ages
Ticket Information:
- Members free. Memberships available at the door: $0.00
- 12-month membership: $95.00
- 3-film sampler membership: $33.00
- Booking fees may apply
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Sansho the Bailiff (Sansho dayu)
Mizoguchi Kenji | Japan | 1954 | PG
“A heart-rending melodrama in which the members of an exiled governor’s family are forcibly separated, the wife becoming a courtesan and the children slaves to the ruthless Sansho. The process by which they eventually unshackle themselves are as heart-stopping as any thriller, but it’s Mizoguchi’s total mastery of composition and movement and overall attention to emotional detail that make it one of Japanese cinema’s supreme masterpieces.”
- Michael Brooke, Sight and Sound.
“Easily one of the saddest and most beautiful movies ever made, Kenji Mizoguchi's Sansho the Bailiff rivals Carl Dreyer's The Passion of Joan of Arc in its flawless simplicity. The story of a mother and two children who are sold into slavery and struggle their entire lives to regain each others' company, it's an unrelenting tragedy shot with extraordinary discipline.”
- Sam Adams, Philadelphia City Paper
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