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The Orphan Brother

6.6 average rating
6.6
Japanese / 83 MIN. / 1961

The Genres

The Synopsis

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.

The Cast

Yoshiko SakumaIsuzu YamadaShigeko AraiHarue ToneKinya KitaojiJo MizukiMorio KazamaJun UsamiSō YamamuraMikijiro HiraTomoko MatsushimaNakajirō TomitaMasao MishimaYasushi NagataMasao OdaUshio AkashiTokue HanazawaReiko MutohJunji MasudaKōji SekiyamaKenji UshioToru OhiraEijirō TōnoKoji Kiyomura

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