The read
It runs a compact 1h 23m.
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
12 audience votes
Key crew
- Taiji YabushitaDirector
- Yugo SerikawaDirector
- Sumie TanakaWriter
- Taiji YabushitaScreenplay
- Yugo SerikawaScreenplay
- Chūji KinoshitaOriginal Music Composer
- Hajime KaburagiOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- 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)
Stills
Themes
heian period