Movielogr
Taira Clan Saga (1955)
Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
Overview
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
Length 104 minutes
Actors
Raizō Ichikawa | Yoshiko Kuga | Narutoshi Hayashi | Michiyo Kogure | Ichijirô Oya | Tatsuya Ishiguro | Akitake Kôno | Tamao Nakamura | Shunji Natsume | Mitsusaburô Ramon | Kunitaro Sawamura | Koreya Senda | Eitarô Shindô | Ichirô Sugai | Eijirô Yanagi | Hisao Toake | Ryôsuke Kagawa | Shôsaku Sugiyama | Shintarô Nanjô | Shinobu Araki | Hiroshi Ueda | Shôzô Nanbu | Ryûzaburô Mitsuoka | Seishirô Hara | Saburo Date | Fujio Harumoto | Hiroshi Mizuno | Sumao Ishihara