Sansho the Bailiff

Saw Sansho the Bailiff. It was terribly sad. It reminded me a lot of a Charles Dickens novel. The suffering of the protagonist is protracted, unlikely means deliver him to salvation, punishment of the guilty is swift and terrible. The moral of the story is repeated until you can't miss it. It's a good message (it is essentially 'be kind') and simple enough to forget, but I think I've had enough of emotionally harrowing Japanese movies from the 50s.