EP 1 Anju to Zushioumaru

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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Cast 12 characters

Zushioumaru

Morio Kazama

Anju

Yoshiko Sakuma

Aya-hime

Tomoko Matsushima

Moku

Tooru Oohira

Onikura

Masao Mishima

Chonko

Reiko Mutou

Sanshou

Eijirou Touno

Yamaoka

Yasushi Nagata

Gonroku

Nakajirou Tomita

Saburou

Jou Mizuki

Jirou

Mikijiro Hira

Iwaki

Junya Usami