Around this time, his enthusiasts began to emerge even internationally, and at the same festival in 1954, he won the Silver Lion again with 'Sansho dayu' (Sansho the Bailiff), which was based on Ogai MORI's novel.
この頃から海外にも熱烈な溝口ファンが生まれ始め、29年にも森鴎外「山椒大夫」でも同映画祭サンマルコ銀獅子賞を受賞。