# Movies like Sansho the Bailiff

> Films most similar to Sansho the Bailiff (1954) — director DNA, mood, and decade spread.

Source: <https://nextmovie4u.com/like/sansho-the-bailiff-1954/>

## 12 films in this list

- **[The Life of Oharu](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-life-of-oharu-1952/)** (1952) — ★ 7.7 · 195 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, gut-punch
- **[Chikamatsu Monogatari](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/chikamatsu-monogatari-1954/)** (1954) — ★ 7.8 · 152 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, tender
- **[A Geisha](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/a-geisha-1953/)** (1953) — ★ 7.5 · 61 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, outsider
- **[Street of Shame](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/street-of-shame-1956/)** (1956) — ★ 7.7 · 149 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, dread
- **[The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-story-of-the-last-chrysanthemum-1939/)** (1939) — ★ 7.8 · 128 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, slow-burn
- **[Miss Oyu](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/miss-oyu-1951/)** (1951) — ★ 7.2 · 59 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, tender
- **[The Woman in the Rumor](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-woman-in-the-rumor-1954/)** (1954) — ★ 7.3 · 45 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, slow-burn
- **[The Water Magician](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-water-magician-1933/)** (1933) — ★ 7.3 · 19 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, tender
- **[The Straits of Love and Hate](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-straits-of-love-and-hate-1937/)** (1937) — ★ 7.5 · 10 votes
- **[The Downfall of Osen](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-downfall-of-osen-1935/)** (1935) — ★ 7.5 · 10 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, outsider
- **[Ugetsu](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/ugetsu-1953/)** (1953) — ★ 8.0 · 639 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, dread
- **[Sisters of the Gion](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/sisters-of-the-gion-1936/)** (1936) — ★ 7.1 · 84 votes · bittersweet, outsider

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