6.0/10

Taira Clan Saga (1955)

Special Forces commander Captain Tadamori returns to Kyoto after successfully defeating the uprising of pirates in the western sea of Japan. But because the high courtiers dislike career soldiers gaining power and influence, they ignore the will of ex-Emperor Toba and refuse to reward the captain. Reward recommender Lord Tokinobu is punished, and the captain sends his son Kiyomori to the Lord's residence, where he falls in love with Tokiko, the Lord's daughter. Meanwhile, Kiyomori finds out that he is possibly the ex-Emperor's son... Written by L.H. Wong

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IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048610/

Director(s) / Writer(s):

Kenji Mizoguchi

Cast:

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