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.

(Source: AniDB)

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Studios

• Toei Animation

Staff

• Isao Takahata — Assistant Unit Director
• Yasuo Ootsuka — Key Animation, Photography
• Youichi Kotabe — In-Between Animation
• Reiko Okuyama — In-Between Animation
• Yuugo Serikawa — Unit Director
• Hiroshi Ookawa — Producer
• Yasuji Mori — Key Animation
• Masatake Kita — In-Between Animation
• Shuuji Konno — In-Between Animation
• Hideo Furusawa — Key Animation
• Masao Kumakawa — Key Animation
• Daikichirou Kusube — Key Animation
• Chuji Kinoshita — Music
• Akira Daikuhara — Key Animation
• Taiji Yabushita — Director, Unit Director
• Taku Sugiyama — In-Between Animation
• Makoto Nagasawa — In-Between Animation
• Hajime Kaburagi — Music
• Shintarou Miyamoto — Editing
• Reiji Koyama — Color Design