Sansho the Bailiff

In 11th-century Japan, an aristocratic woman and her two children are kidnapped by bandits, who sell the mother as a prostitute and the kids as slaves to a bailiff. Years later, the siblings attempt to escape from the bailiff and reunite their family., Set in 11th-century Japan, this film tells the story of a family that is broken apart when the father is exiled. When the mother and children set out to look for him, they are ambushed by kidnappers who sell the mother as a prostitute and the two children as slaves.