Name: The Heike Story
Released: 2021-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Aoi Yūki, Takahiro Sakurai, Saori Hayami

The Heike Story

Tv-programma · Drama · Anime

An orphan named Biwa is taken in by the powerful Taira Clan after their leader witnesses her psychic abilities. Unfortunately, what she predicts is a future of bloodshed, violence, and civil war. Inspired by the 12th-century epic tale Heike Monogatari.

2021 · 23m

Met Aoi Yūki, Takahiro Sakurai, Saori Hayami

Regisseur Naoko Yamada

AFLEVERING 1

Episode 1

The Taira clan, also known as the Heike, has reached unprecedented power and influence in Japan; through strange and terrible circumstances, a biwa-playing girl finds herself enmeshed in the story of their political strife.

22 min.
AFLEVERING 2

Episode 2

Shigemori rushes to deal with the fallout of Kiyomori's assault on the regent; as Biwa spends more time with Shigemori's family, she begins to open up.

22 min.
AFLEVERING 3

Episode 3

An orphan named Biwa is taken in by the powerful Taira Clan after their leader witnesses her psychic abilities; what she predicts is a future of bloodshed, violence and civil war.

2 min.
AFLEVERING 4

Episode 4

Tokuko finally carries Emperor Takakura's child; the prospect of an emperor from the Taira lineage is a happy tiding, but the prospect of Kiyomori's tightening grip on power bodes ill.

24 min.
AFLEVERING 5

Episode 5

Shigemori's passing hits Kiyomori hard; with Shigemori gone, no one is left to stand up to Kiyomori, leaving his whims and ambitions unchecked.

22 min.
AFLEVERING 6

Episode 6

Kiyomori moves the capital to Fukuhara; a new figure moves against the Heike; Koremori is charged with leading the counterattack.

22 min.