The Orphan Brother

Jul 19, 1961

1h 23m

★ 6.0

Overview

After their father quarrels with local military men, Anju and Zushio are forced to flee, but they are captured and sold into slavery. When their mother dies, they are sold to Sansho the Bailiff, a cruel man who subjects them to hideous torments. While Anju falls into a lake and is transformed into a swan, Zushio escapes and after being adopted to a nobleman grows to a young man. He will then fight to defeat the evil Dayu and free all the slaves.

Genres

History

Animation

Family

Fantasy

Adventure

Production Companies

Toei Animation

The Orphan Brother Trailers

Cast

Anju (voice)

Yoshiko Sakuma

Yashio (voice)

Isuzu Yamada

Shigeko Arai

Kikuno (voice)

Harue Tone

Kinya Kitaoji

Saburô, second son (voice)

Jo Mizuki

Young Zushiômaru (voice)

Morio Kazama

Judge Iwamoto (voice)

Jun Usami

Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)

So Yamamura

Jirô, eldest son (voice)

Mikijiro Hira

Princess Aya (voice)

Tomoko Matsushima

Yakkogashira No Gonroku (voice)

Nakajirō Tomita

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