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.
Cast
Yoshiko Sakuma
Anju (voice)
Isuzu Yamada
Yashio (voice)
Shigeko Arai
Unknown
Harue Tone
Kikuno (voice)
Kinya Kitaoji
Unknown
Jo Mizuki
Saburô, second son (voice)
Morio Kazama
Young Zushiômaru (voice)
Jun Usami
Judge Iwamoto (voice)
So Yamamura
Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)
Mikijiro Hira
Jirô, eldest son (voice)
Tomoko Matsushima
Princess Aya (voice)
Nakajirō Tomita
Yakkogashira No Gonroku (voice)
Masao Mishima
Onikura Mutsu Nokami (voice)
Yasushi Nagata
Hito-gai No Yamaoka Dayû (voice)
Masao Oda
Unknown
Ushio Akashi
Unknown
Tokue Hanazawa
Sanai Andô (voice)
Reiko Mutoh
Unknown
Junji Masuda
Morozane's Messenger (voice)
Kōji Sekiyama
Unknown
Kenji Ushio
Sendô Sado No Tatsukô (voice)
Tōru Ōhira
Koguma No Moku (voice)
Eijirō Tōno
Sanshô Dayû (voice)
Koji Kiyomura
Sendô Miyazaki No Jinpachi (voice)
Crew
Taiji Yabushita
Director, Screenplay
Yugo Serikawa
Director, Screenplay
Sumie Tanaka
Writer
Ikuzô Inaba
Editor
Shintarō Miyamoto
Editor
Isao Takahata
Assistant Director
Hiroshi Okawa
Producer
Seiichi Moro
Production Assistant, Production Manager
Akira Daikubara
Animation
Hideo Furusawa
Animation
Yasuji Mori
Animation
Daikichirou Kusube
Animation
Yasuo Otsuka
Animation
Chūji Kinoshita
Music
Hajime Kaburagi
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