Historical Puppet Spectacle: The Tale of the Heike
Season 5
S5 · E1 · Jan 5, 1995
紀伊の巨鯨 Episode 1
S5 · E2 · Jan 9, 1995
嵐をついて Episode 2
S5 · E3 · Jan 10, 1995
黒煙の屋島 Episode 3
S5 · E4 · Jan 11, 1995
扇の的 Episode 4
S5 · E5 · Jan 12, 1995
激突、義経と景時 Episode 5
S5 · E6 · Jan 16, 1995
宗盛の秘密 Episode 6
S5 · E7 · Jan 23, 1995
滅亡、壇ノ浦 Episode 7
S5 · E8 · Jan 26, 1995
Shogyō Mujō Episode 8
8 episodes in Season 5
A stop-motion animated TV series based on the novel by Eiji Yoshikawa, featuring puppet art by Kihachirō Kawamoto. This is a historical picture scroll depicting various human characters, breathtaking battles and political struggles from the rise to fall of the Heike clan.
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Cast
10 people
Morio Kazama
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Misako Konno
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Renji Ishibashi
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Leo Morimoto
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Shinichiro Okano
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Mahito Tsujimura
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Ben Hiura
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Ken Teraizumi
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Kazuo Andō
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Morihiko Uchiyama
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Minoru Hanabusa Director · Ei Ogawa Writer Eiji Yoshikawa Author
Total runtime 19h 0m · Episode length 20 min · Country Japan
Show info
Premiered
December 10, 1993
Final episode
January 26, 1995
Status
Ended
Network
NHK G
Country
Japan
Type
Scripted
Episode length
20 min
Total runtime
19h 0m
Original language
Japanese
Production
NHK
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
人形歴史スペクタクル 平家物語
Spoken on screen
Japanese