What is Sansho the Bailiff's IQ Score?

Sansho the Bailiff has an IQ Score of 180/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Masterclass tier. The score breaks down to 46/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 40/50 Educational Value, and 50/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Sansho the Bailiff educational?

Sansho the Bailiff is strong on educational value, 40/50 on TVI's rubric, which covers academic content, emotional intelligence, critical thinking, life skills, and knowledge transfer.

How does TV Intelligentsia calculate IQ Score?

TV Intelligentsia's IQ Score is calculated as round((Cognitive Stimulation × 0.4 + Educational Value × 0.35 + Craft & Quality × 0.25) × 4), scoring titles from 0 to 200 across five tiers: Masterclass (≥160), Stimulating (≥130), Competent (≥100), Passive (≥70), and Numbing (<70). The framework is published at tvintelligentsia.com/methodology/.

Sansho the Bailiff , IQ Score 180/200

Name: Sansho the Bailiff
Genre: drama
Rating: 180

Sansho the Bailiff has an IQ Score of 180/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Masterclass tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH·Updated 2026-06-17·Methodology

drama

180/ 200

Masterclass TVI Essential

Measurably increases domain knowledge or cognitive capacity

Sansho the Bailiff poster, IQ Score 180/200, Masterclass tier on TV Intelligentsia

Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

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Why you should trust this score

Scored under Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH

Physician and founding editor. Maintains the adult catalog against the published rubric and reviews the rubric application.

Methodology

Published rubric, v1.2

Formula

round(C × 0.40 + E × 0.35 + Q × 0.25) × 4

Database scale

2,338 titles, version-controlled

TVI Canon

Kenji Mizoguchi →

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TVI Essential · Consensus

Sansho the Bailiff scores 180/200 on the TVI IQ Score, Masterclass tier. Mizoguchi's devastating medieval tragedy of a noble family sold into slavery. Formally exquisite tracking shots and pans; emotionally ruinous, earning Intellectual Substance, Rewatch Value, and Lasting Significance. TVI Essential is an editorial designation; IQ Score is a content rating, not an intelligence measurement.

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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