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.
Unfortunately the movie The Orphan Brother is not yet available on HBO Max.
Visual Effects | Yasuji Mori | Animation |
Editing | Shintarō Miyamoto | Editor |
Visual Effects | Daikichirou Kusube | Animation |
Production | Seiichi Moro | Production Assistant |
Editing | Ikuzô Inaba | Editor |
Visual Effects | Yasuo Otsuka | Animation |
Production | Seiichi Moro | Production Manager |
Visual Effects | Akira Daikubara | Animation |
Visual Effects | Hideo Furusawa | Animation |
Directing | Taiji Yabushita | Director |
Directing | Yugo Serikawa | Director |
Writing | Sumie Tanaka | Writer |
Sound | Hajime Kaburagi | Music |
Production | Hiroshi Ookawa | Producer |
Sound | Chūji Kinoshita | Music |
Writing | Taiji Yabushita | Screenplay |
Writing | Yugo Serikawa | Screenplay |
Directing | Isao Takahata | Assistant Director |