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The Orphan Brother

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The Orphan Brother — Plot

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.

  • Release date
  • July 19, 1961
  • Runtime
  • 83 min
  • Genres
  • History, Animation, Family, Fantasy, Adventure
  • Director
  • Taiji Yabushita

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The Orphan Brother — Cast

Yoshiko Sakuma photo Yoshiko Sakuma Anju (voice) Isuzu Yamada photo Isuzu Yamada Yashio (voice) Shigeko Arai photo Shigeko Arai Harue Tone photo Harue Tone Kikuno (voice) Kinya Kitaoji photo Kinya Kitaoji Jo Mizuki photo Jo Mizuki Saburô, second son (voice) Morio Kazama photo Morio Kazama Young Zushiômaru (voice) Jun Usami photo Jun Usami Judge Iwamoto (voice)

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