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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.

1993 |5 Seasons  | 20m |  Drama, War & Politics

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Cast

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Morio Kazama

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Misako Konno

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Renji Ishibashi

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Leo Morimoto

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Shinichiro Okano

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Mahito Tsujimura

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Ben Hiura

Seasons List

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Seiun

1993

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Eiga

1994

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Ran

1994

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Ruten

1994

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Mujō

1995

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Creator

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Status

Ended

Languages

Japanese

Network

NHK G