The New Tale of the Heike
- IMDb link: 0048610
- IMDb rating: 7.3 (1,180 votes) Search
- Genres: Drama, History
- Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
- Cast: Narutoshi Hayashi, Raizo Ichikawa, Tatsuya Ishiguro, Michiyo Kogure and others
- Release date: 21 Sep 1955
- Release year: 1955
- Runtime: 108 minutes
- Country: Japan
- Keywords: love, father, heian period, infidelity, court, courtesan, samurai
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After his father is not rewarded for his military achievements, Taira Kiyomori rebels against the court and the monks who rule the country. He also falls in love with Tokiko and discovers unsettling revelations about his parentage.
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...
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