Taira Clan Saga (1955)

6.8/10 108 min Drama History

Overview

Japan, 1137. The Taira family, a samurai clan, becomes involved in the disputes between Emperor Toba and the monks of Mount Hiei.

Cast

Raizō Ichikawa

Taira Kiyomori

Yoshiko Kuga

Tokiko

Naritoshi Hayashi

Taira Torodai

Michiyo Kogure

Yasuko

Tatsuya Ishiguro

Fujiwara no Tokinobu

Tamao Nakamura

Shigeko

Koreya Senda

Eitarō Shindō

Banboku

Ichirō Sugai

Carpenter

Eijirō Yanagi

Emperor Shirakawa

Hisao Toake

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Shōsaku Sugiyama

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