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sansho daiyuu (Japanese with French subtitles)
Location
Main screening room
Date
May 24th, 2025
Admission
Free admission
Duration
126 min
Cycle
Japanese Film Festival

The Japanese Film Festival is celebrating its 41st edition in Montreal!

Every year, the Consulate General of Japan in Montreal and the Japan Foundation, Toronto, a governmental NPO with the objective of strengthening the ties of friendship and deepening understanding between Japan and Canada through intercultural exchanges, offer free Japanese movie screenings.

In fact, the Japanese Film Festival presented by the Japan Foundation takes place on an international scale with screening locations in dozens of countries around the world, including several in venues across Canada. Of different genres and styles, the films selected each introduce different facets of Japan and present a variety of themes with the goal of appealing to all types of moviegoers.

6 p.m. | Free admission

Sansho the Bailiff
Directed by
Kenji Mizoguchi
Language
Japanese with French subtitles
Actors
Kinuyo Tanaka, Kyōko Kagawa, Eitarō Shindō, Yoshiaki Hanayagi
Origins
Japan
Year
1954
Duration
126 min
Genre
Drama
Format
Digital
Synopsis

Considered one of the greatest films ever made and now beautifully remastered in 4K, this black and white classic tells the tale of a family cruelly torn apart by exile and slavery in 11th century Japan. Director Kenji Mizoguchi, an undisputed representative of the Golden Age of Japanese cinema, tackles themes such as social castes and women’s condition in feudal Japan with a deft and sympathetic hand.

Sansho the Bailiff

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