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The Orphan Brother 1961 Directed by Taiji Yabushita , Yugo Serikawa 安寿と厨子王丸

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.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Production Company Toei Animation
Release Date 19 July 1961
83 mins
Cast
Yoshiko Sakuma Anju (voice)
Isuzu Yamada Yashio (voice)
Harue Tone Kikuno (voice)
Jo Mizuki Saburô, second son (voice)
Morio Kazama Young Zushiômaru (voice)
Jun Usami Judge Iwamoto (voice)
Sō Yamamura Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)
Mikijiro Hira Jirô, eldest son (voice)
Tomoko Matsushima Princess Aya (voice)
Nakajirō Tomita Yakkogashira No Gonroku (voice)
Masao Mishima Onikura Mutsu Nokami (voice)
Yasushi Nagata Hito-gai No Yamaoka Dayû (voice)
Tokue Hanazawa Sanai Andô (voice)
Junji Masuda Morozane's Messenger (voice)
Kenji Ushio Sendô Sado No Tatsukô (voice)
Toru Ohira Koguma No Moku (voice)
Eijirō Tōno Sanshô Dayû (voice)
Koji Kiyomura Sendô Miyazaki No Jinpachi (voice)