The read
The series ran 5 seasons across 57 episodes and has finished, so there is no cliffhanger risk.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
TMDB10/10
1 audience votes
Seasons
| 1 | Seiun | 12 ep1993 |
| 2 | Eiga | 12 ep1994 |
| 3 | Ran | 12 ep1994 |
| 4 | Ruten | 13 ep1994 |
| 5 | Mujō | 8 ep1995 |
Key crew
- Ei OgawaWriter
- Minoru HanabusaDirector
Cast
- Morio KazamaCast
- Misako KonnoCast
- Renji IshibashiCast
- Leo MorimotoCast
- Shinichiro OkanoCast
- Mahito TsujimuraCast
- Ben HiuraCast
- Ken TeraizumiCast
- Kazuo AndōCast
- Morihiko UchiyamaCast
Stills
Themes
puppetheike story