Sansho the Bailiff
drama
180
Masterclass
Measurably increases domain knowledge or cognitive capacity
Score Breakdown
Cognitive Stimulation/50
46
Educational Value/50
40
Craft & Quality/50
50
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The TVI Take
Mizoguchi's devastating medieval tragedy of a noble family sold into slavery. Formally exquisite tracking shots and pans; emotionally ruinous.
On the survival of moral memory under conditions designed to extinguish it. One of cinema's great humanist works.
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