Historical Puppet Spectacle: The Tale of the Heike

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.

Cast

Morio Kazama

Misako Konno

Renji Ishibashi

Leo Morimoto

Shinichiro Okano

Mahito Tsujimura

Ben Hiura

Ken Teraizumi

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Kazuo Andō

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Morihiko Uchiyama