Historical Puppet Spectacle: The Tale of the Heike (人形歴史スペクタクル 平家物語)
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Writer: Ei Ogawa
Director: Minoru Hanabusa
Top Cast
Seasons
Season 1 (1993)
No overview available.
12 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Waga chichi wa darezo
1993-12-10Episode 2: Meguriai
1993-12-11Episode 3: Mikoshi o iotose
1993-12-13Episode 4: Dōran no jokyoku
1993-12-14Episode 5: 骨肉あい食む
1993-12-15Episode 6: 戦火の果てに
1993-12-16Episode 7: 清盛の危機
1993-12-17Episode 8: 源平決戦
1993-12-20Episode 9: 六波羅の春
1993-12-21Episode 10: 清盛をめぐる女たち
1993-12-22Episode 11: 不死鳥源氏
1993-12-23Episode 12: 清盛の野望
1993-12-24
Season 2 (1994)
No overview available.
12 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: 源氏の御曹司たち
1994-03-07Episode 2: 鹿ヶ谷の陰謀
1994-03-08Episode 3: 皇子誕生
1994-03-09Episode 4: 夕花
1994-03-10Episode 5: 五条大橋
1994-03-14Episode 6: 源氏旗挙げ
1994-03-15Episode 7: 決戦前夜
1994-03-16Episode 8: 黄瀬川の兄弟
1994-03-17Episode 9: 崩れ去る夢
1994-03-22Episode 10: 大仏炎上
1994-03-23Episode 11: 義仲をめぐる女たち
1994-03-24Episode 12: 清盛死す
1994-03-28
Season 3 (1994)
No overview available.
12 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: 戦場の虹
1994-07-20Episode 2: 惨!倶利伽羅峠
1994-07-21Episode 3: むざんやな斉藤実盛
1994-07-22Episode 4: 六波羅焼亡
1994-07-25Episode 5: 平家都落ち
1994-07-26Episode 6: 義仲上洛
1994-07-27Episode 7: 木曽軍狼藉
1994-07-28Episode 8: 朝日将軍
1994-08-01Episode 9: 和睦への夢
1994-08-02Episode 10: 哀れ冬姫
1994-08-03Episode 11: 決戦・義仲対義経
1994-08-04Episode 12: 落日粟津ヶ原
1994-08-05
Season 4 (1994)
No overview available.
13 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: 序章
1994-12-12Episode 2: 母・常磐の行方
1994-12-13Episode 3: 義経と弁慶
1994-12-14Episode 4: 経正と敦盛
1994-12-15Episode 5: 再会・義経と静
1994-12-19Episode 6: 神器はいずこ
1994-12-20Episode 7: 和議の使者
1994-12-21Episode 8: 鵯越
1994-12-22Episode 9: 敦盛、討たれ
1994-12-23Episode 10: 捕らわれし者
1994-12-26Episode 11: 鎌倉、非情
1994-12-27Episode 12: 九郎殿婚礼
1994-12-28Episode 13: いざ、屋島へ
1995-01-04
Season 5 (1995)
No overview available.
8 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: 紀伊の巨鯨
1995-01-05Episode 2: 嵐をついて
1995-01-09Episode 3: 黒煙の屋島
1995-01-10Episode 4: 扇の的
1995-01-11Episode 5: 激突、義経と景時
1995-01-12Episode 6: 宗盛の秘密
1995-01-16Episode 7: 滅亡、壇ノ浦
1995-01-23Episode 8: Shogyō Mujō
1995-01-26Videos
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