Taira Clan Saga

Taira Clan Saga

107 mins | Drama | Sept. 21, 1955

Special Forces commander Captain Tadamori returns to Kyoto after successfully defeating the uprising of pirates in the western sea of Japan. But because the high courtiers dislike career soldiers gaining power and influence, they ignore the will of ex-Emperor Toba and refuse to reward the captain. Reward recommender Lord Tokinobu is punished, and the captain sends his son Kiyomori to the Lord's residence, where he falls in love with Tokiko, the Lord's daughter. Meanwhile, Kiyomori finds out that he is possibly the ex-Emperor's son... Written by L.H. Wong

Taira Clan Saga

107 mins | Drama | Sept. 21, 1955

Taira Clan Saga
Special Forces commander Captain Tadamori returns to Kyoto after successfully defeating the uprising of pirates in the western sea of Japan. But because the high courtiers dislike career soldiers gaining power and influence, they ignore the will of ex-Emperor Toba and refuse to reward the captain. Reward recommender Lord Tokinobu is punished, and the captain sends his son Kiyomori to the Lord's residence, where he falls in love with Tokiko, the Lord's daughter. Meanwhile, Kiyomori finds out that he is possibly the ex-Emperor's son... Written by L.H. Wong
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd.
Original title 新・平家物語
Directors Kenji Mizoguchi
Writers Hisakazu Tsuji, Masashige Narusawa, Yoshikata Yoda, Eiji Yoshikawa

Cast

Raizō Ichikawa

as Taira Kiyomori

Yoshiko Kuga

as Tokiko

Narutoshi Hayashi

as Taira Torodai

Michiyo Kogure

as Yasuko

Ichijirō Oya

as Taira no Tadamori

Tatsuya Ishiguro

as Fujiwara no Tokinobu

Akitake Kôno

as Heiroku

Tamao Nakamura

as Shigeko

Shunji Natsume

as Emperor Toba

Mitsusaburō Ramon

as Ryokan

Eitarō Shindō

as Banboku

Ichirō Sugai

as Carpenter

Eijirō Yanagi

as Emperor Shirakawa