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Historical Puppet Spectacle: The Tale of the Heike
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Historical Puppet Spectacle: The Tale of the Heike

1993–1995
5 Seasons
57 Episodes

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.

CAST
Morio KazamaMisako KonnoRenji IshibashiLeo MorimotoShinichiro OkanoMahito TsujimuraBen HiuraKen TeraizumiKazuo Andō
DETAILS
GENRES
DramaWar & Politics
STATUSEnded
RATING
10.0
NETWORK
NHK G
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