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Director:
Kenji Mizoguchi
Writers:
Masashige Narusawa (writer)
Kyûchi Tsuji (writer)
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Release Date:
21 September 1955 (Japan) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Special Forces commander Captain Tadamori returns to Kyoto after successfully defeating the uprising of pirates in the western sea of Japan... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
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A Great Near-epic From Mizoguchi more (2 total)

Cast

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Narutoshi Hayashi ... Taira Torodai
Raizô Ichikawa ... Taira Kiyomori
Tatsuya Ishiguro ... Fujiwara no Tokinobu
Michiyo Kogure ... Yasuko
Akitake Kôno ... Heiroku
Yoshiko Kuga ... Tokiko
Tamao Nakamura ... Shigeko
Shunji Natsume ... Emperor Toba
Ichijirô Oya ... Taira no Tadamori
Mitsusaburô Ramon ... Ryokan
Kunitaro Sawamura ... Joku
Koreya Senda
Eitarô Shindô ... Banboku
Ichirô Sugai ... Carpenter
Eijirô Yanagi ... Emperor Shirakawa
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Also Known As:
Legend of the Taira Clan
New Tales of the Taira Clan
Taira Clan Saga (USA)
Tales of the Taira Clan
The Sacrilegious Hero
The Taira Clan (USA)
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Runtime:
108 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Singapore:PG
Company:
Daiei Studios more

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Referenced in Aru eiga-kantoku no shogai (1975) more

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A Great Near-epic From Mizoguchi, 17 September 2003
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Author: David (davidals@msn.com) from Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Quite different from most Mizoguchi - there isn't a female protagonist here - TAIRA CLAN SAGA (aka 'Shin Heike Monogatari') is a vivid period spectacle, perhaps most similar to his earlier masterpiece THE 47 RONIN. Working closer to Kurosawa territory, TAIRA CLAN SAGA depicts the tension between the corrupt court and the military class. Ethics, honor and loyalty are central themes, and Mizo's graceful style underscores this in classic fashion. While not quite the equal of Mizo's celebrated string of early-50s masterpieces, this is still a great film - very rarely seen in the US, and very much deserving of restoration and a wider audience. Fans of Kurosawa, Inagaki or Kobayashi's period epics would do well to seek this out.

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