The Orphan Brother
1961, Japanese. Directed by Taiji Yabushita & Yugo Serikawa.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Taiji YabushitaDirector
- Yugo SerikawaDirector
- Yoshiko SakumaAnju (voice)
- Isuzu YamadaYashio (voice)
- Shigeko AraiCast
- Harue ToneKikuno (voice)
- Kinya KitaojiCast
- Jo MizukiSaburô, second son (voice)
- Morio KazamaYoung Zushiômaru (voice)
- Jun UsamiJudge Iwamoto (voice)
- So YamamuraFujiwara No Morozane (voice)
- Mikijiro HiraJirô, eldest son (voice)
- Tomoko MatsushimaPrincess Aya (voice)
- Nakajirō TomitaYakkogashira No Gonroku (voice)
Details
- Released
- 19 July 1961
- Original title
- 安寿と厨子王丸
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Sumie Tanaka, Yugo Serikawa, Taiji Yabushita
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The Orphan Brother runs 83 minutes (1h 23m).
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The Orphan Brother isn’t on a subscription OTT platform in India, but you can watch it free online. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Orphan Brother?
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Who directed The Orphan Brother?
The Orphan Brother (1961) was directed by Taiji Yabushita and Yugo Serikawa and stars Yoshiko Sakuma, Isuzu Yamada, Shigeko Arai.