Historical Puppet Spectacle: The Tale of the Heike

Season 1 Episode 1: Waga chichi wa darezo

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.

Genre:

Drama, War & Politics

Seasons:

5

Episodes:

57

Cast:

Morio Kazama, Misako Konno, Renji Ishibashi

Quality:

HD

Duration:

20 min

First Air:

1993

Rating:

10.0