The Orphan Brother
1961After 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.
Acted in
Yoshiko Sakuma
as Anju (voice)
Isuzu Yamada
as Yashio (voice)
Shigeko Arai
Harue Tone
as Kikuno (voice)
Kinya Kitaoji
Jo Mizuki
as Saburô, second son (voice)
Morio Kazama
as Young Zushiômaru (voice)
Jun Usami
as Judge Iwamoto (voice)
Sō Yamamura
as Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)
Mikijiro Hira
as Jirô, eldest son (voice)
Tomoko Matsushima
as Princess Aya (voice)
Nakajirō Tomita
as Yakkogashira No Gonroku (voice)
Masao Mishima
as Onikura Mutsu Nokami (voice)
Yasushi Nagata
as Hito-gai No Yamaoka Dayû (voice)
Masao Oda
Ushio Akashi
Tokue Hanazawa
as Sanai Andô (voice)
Reiko Mutoh
Junji Masuda
as Morozane's Messenger (voice)
Kōji Sekiyama
Kenji Ushio
as Sendô Sado No Tatsukô (voice)
Toru Ohira
as Koguma No Moku (voice)
Eijirō Tōno
as Sanshô Dayû (voice)
Koji Kiyomura
as Sendô Miyazaki No Jinpachi (voice)