The Anime Encyclopedia, 3rd Revised Edition: A Century of Japanese Animation by Clements Jonathan & McCarthy Helen

Author:Clements, Jonathan & McCarthy, Helen [Clements, Jonathan]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Stone Bridge Press
Published: 2015-02-08T16:00:00+00:00

LITTLEST WARRIOR, THE *

1961. JPN: Anju to Zushio-Maru. AKA: Anju and Zushio; Orphan Brother. Movie. DIR: Taiji Yabushita, Yugo Serikawa, Isao Takahata. SCR: Sumie Tanaka. DES: Akira Daikuhara, Yasuji Mori. ANI: Sanae Yamamoto, Akira Daikuhara, Yasuji Mori, Taku Sugiyama, Reiko Okuyama. MUS: Chuji Kinoshita, Hajime Kaburagi. PRD: Toei. 83 mins. (70 mins. U.S.).

After their father quarrels with local military men, Anju (Anjue) and Zushio (Zooshio) are forced to flee, but they are captured and sold into slavery. When their mother dies, they are sold to Sansho the Bailiff (or Dayu in the U.S. version, which would translate as Bailiff the Bailiff!), a cruel man who subjects them to hideous torments—though his son Saburo secretly shows kindness to the orphans. Anju falls into a lake and is transformed into a swan. Zushio escapes to a nearby temple, is adopted by a nobleman, and, after many trials, grows into a handsome young man. He defeats the Giant Blue Widow Spider that has been terrorizing the village and is appointed to his father’s former post as governor. His first act is to subjugate the evil Dayu and his followers then free all the slaves. Reunited with his mother, he then rules wisely and well.

Based on Ogai Mori’s novel Sansho the Bailiff (Sansho Dayu), which was also made into a 1954 live-action film by Kenji Mizoguchi. The original folk tale that inspired the novel was also adapted as one of the MANGA PICTURES OF JAPAN.

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