The Orphan Brother

The Orphan Brother 1961

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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.

  • Released: 1961-07-19
  • Runtime: 83 minutes
  • Genre: History, Animation, Family, Fantasy, Adventure
  • Stars: Yoshiko Sakuma, Isuzu Yamada, Shigeko Arai, Harue Tone, Kinya Kitaoji, Morio Kazama, Sō Yamamura, Mikijiro Hira, Nakajirō Tomita, Masao Mishima, Yasushi Nagata, Masao Oda, Ushio Akashi, Tokue Hanazawa, Reiko Mutoh, Junji Masuda, Kōji Sekiyama, Kenji Ushio, Toru Ohira, Eijirō Tōno  Show all >
    Koji Kiyomura, Jo Mizuki, Tomoko Matsushima
  • Director: Yugo Serikawa, Taiji Yabushita