The Orphan Brother (1961)
HistoryAnimationFamilyFantasyAdventure
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.
Directors:
Taiji Yabushita, Yugo Serikawa.
Writers:
Taiji Yabushita, Yugo Serikawa.
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Yoshiko Sakuma as Anju (voice) |
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Isuzu Yamada as Yashio (voice) |
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Shigeko Arai as |
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Harue Tone as Kikuno (voice) |
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Kinya Kitaoji as |
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Jo Mizuki as Saburô, second son (voice) |
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Morio Kazama as Young Zushiômaru (voice) |
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Jun Usami as Judge Iwamoto (voice) |
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So Yamamura as Fujiwara No Morozane (voice) |
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Mikijiro Hira as Jirô, eldest son (voice) |
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Tomoko Matsushima as Princess Aya (voice) |
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Nakajirō Tomita as Yakkogashira No Gonroku (voice) |
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Masao Mishima as Onikura Mutsu Nokami (voice) |
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Yasushi Nagata as Hito-gai No Yamaoka Dayû (voice) |
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Masao Oda as |
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Ushio Akashi as |
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Tokue Hanazawa as Sanai Andô (voice) |
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Reiko Mutoh as |
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Junji Masuda as Morozane's Messenger (voice) |
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Kōji Sekiyama as |
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Kenji Ushio as Sendô Sado No Tatsukô (voice) |
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Tōru Ōhira as Koguma No Moku (voice) |
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Eijirō Tōno as Sanshô Dayû (voice) |
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Koji Kiyomura as Sendô Miyazaki No Jinpachi (voice) |
| Editing | Ikuzô Inaba | Editor |
| Editing | Shintarō Miyamoto | Editor |
| Production | Seiichi Moro | Production Manager |
| Production | Seiichi Moro | Production Assistant |
| Visual Effects | Akira Daikubara | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hideo Furusawa | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Daikichiro Kusube | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yasuji Mori | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yasuo Otsuka | Animation |
| Directing | Taiji Yabushita | Director |
| Directing | Yugo Serikawa | Director |
| Writing | Sumie Tanaka | Writer |
| Production | Hiroshi Okawa | Producer |
| Writing | Taiji Yabushita | Screenplay |
| Writing | Yugo Serikawa | Screenplay |
| Directing | Isao Takahata | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Chūji Kinoshita | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Hajime Kaburagi | Original Music Composer |
