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

TV-program · 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

I rollerna Aoi Yūki, Takahiro Sakurai, Saori Hayami

Regissör Naoko Yamada

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Those Outside the Heike Do Not Matter

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.
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Worldly Wealth Is But an Illusion

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.
AVSNITT 3

The Shishigatani Conspiracy

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.
AVSNITT 4

The Plain Sword

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.
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The Bridge Battle

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

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