Movielogr
The Orphan Brother (1961)
Directed by Yugo Serikawa, Taiji Yabushita
Overview
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.
Length 83 minutes
Actors
Yoshiko Sakuma | Isuzu Yamada | Shigeko Arai | Harue Tone | Kinya Kitaoji | Jo Mizuki | Morio Kazama | Junya Usami | Sô Yamamura | Mikijiro Hira | Tomoko Matsushima | Nakajirô Tomita | Masao Mishima | Yasushi Nagata | Masao Oda | Ushio Akashi | Tokue Hanazawa | Reiko Mutoh | Junji Masuda | Kôji Sekiyama | Kenji Ushio | Tōru Ōhira | Eijirô Tôno | Koji Kiyomura