Historical Puppet Spectacle: The Tale of the Heike

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.

DramaWar & Politics

Seasons

1. Waga chichi wa darezo

Air Date: 1993-12-10

2. Meguriai

Air Date: 1993-12-11

3. Mikoshi o iotose

Air Date: 1993-12-13

4. Dōran no jokyoku

Air Date: 1993-12-14

5. 骨肉あい食む

Air Date: 1993-12-15

6. 戦火の果てに

Air Date: 1993-12-16

7. 清盛の危機

Air Date: 1993-12-17

8. 源平決戦

Air Date: 1993-12-20

9. 六波羅の春

Air Date: 1993-12-21

10. 清盛をめぐる女たち

Air Date: 1993-12-22

11. 不死鳥源氏

Air Date: 1993-12-23

12. 清盛の野望

Air Date: 1993-12-24

1. 源氏の御曹司たち

Air Date: 1994-03-07

2. 鹿ヶ谷の陰謀

Air Date: 1994-03-08

3. 皇子誕生

Air Date: 1994-03-09

4. 夕花

Air Date: 1994-03-10

5. 五条大橋

Air Date: 1994-03-14

6. 源氏旗挙げ

Air Date: 1994-03-15

7. 決戦前夜

Air Date: 1994-03-16

8. 黄瀬川の兄弟

Air Date: 1994-03-17

9. 崩れ去る夢

Air Date: 1994-03-22

10. 大仏炎上

Air Date: 1994-03-23

11. 義仲をめぐる女たち

Air Date: 1994-03-24

12. 清盛死す

Air Date: 1994-03-28

1. 戦場の虹

Air Date: 1994-07-20

2. 惨!倶利伽羅峠

Air Date: 1994-07-21

3. むざんやな斉藤実盛

Air Date: 1994-07-22

4. 六波羅焼亡

Air Date: 1994-07-25

5. 平家都落ち

Air Date: 1994-07-26

6. 義仲上洛

Air Date: 1994-07-27

7. 木曽軍狼藉

Air Date: 1994-07-28

8. 朝日将軍

Air Date: 1994-08-01

9. 和睦への夢

Air Date: 1994-08-02

10. 哀れ冬姫

Air Date: 1994-08-03

11. 決戦・義仲対義経

Air Date: 1994-08-04

12. 落日粟津ヶ原

Air Date: 1994-08-05

1. 序章

Air Date: 1994-12-12

2. 母・常磐の行方

Air Date: 1994-12-13

3. 義経と弁慶

Air Date: 1994-12-14

4. 経正と敦盛

Air Date: 1994-12-15

5. 再会・義経と静

Air Date: 1994-12-19

6. 神器はいずこ

Air Date: 1994-12-20

7. 和議の使者

Air Date: 1994-12-21

8. 鵯越

Air Date: 1994-12-22

9. 敦盛、討たれ

Air Date: 1994-12-23

10. 捕らわれし者

Air Date: 1994-12-26

11. 鎌倉、非情

Air Date: 1994-12-27

12. 九郎殿婚礼

Air Date: 1994-12-28

13. いざ、屋島へ

Air Date: 1995-01-04

1. 紀伊の巨鯨

Air Date: 1995-01-05

2. 嵐をついて

Air Date: 1995-01-09

3. 黒煙の屋島

Air Date: 1995-01-10

4. 扇の的

Air Date: 1995-01-11

5. 激突、義経と景時

Air Date: 1995-01-12

6. 宗盛の秘密

Air Date: 1995-01-16

7. 滅亡、壇ノ浦

Air Date: 1995-01-23

8. Shogyō Mujō

Air Date: 1995-01-26

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Rating

10.0/10

Release Date

1993-12-10

Episodes

57 (5 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast

Morio Kazama

Misako Konno

Renji Ishibashi

Leo Morimoto

Shinichiro Okano

Mahito Tsujimura

Ben Hiura

Ken Teraizumi

Kazuo Andō

Morihiko Uchiyama

Videos

Production Companies

NHK