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  1. Shin Heike Monogatari (新・平家物語, lit. "New Tale of the Heike") is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. It is based on a prose version by Eiji Yoshikawa of a Japanese epic poem, The Tale of the Heike. It is Mizoguchi's second and last film in color, the other being Princess Yang Kwei Fei (Yōkihi) of the same year.

  2. Shin, Heike monogatari: Yoshinaka o meguru sannin no onna: Directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. With Kazuo Hasegawa, Machiko Kyô, Fujiko Yamamoto, Hideko Takamine. The story of Yoshinaka and the three women who love him.

    • (34)
    • Drama, Romance
    • Teinosuke Kinugasa
    • 1956-01-15
  3. Taira Clan Saga: Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. With Narutoshi Hayashi, Raizô Ichikawa, Tatsuya Ishiguro, Michiyo Kogure. After his father is not rewarded for his military achievements, Taira Kiyomori rebels against the court and the monks who rule the country.

    • (1.1K)
    • Drama, History
    • Kenji Mizoguchi
    • 1955-09-21
  4. 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.

    • (833)
    • Daiei Film
    • Kenji Mizoguchi
  5. Around the turn of the 12th century, Tadamori (Michiyo Kogure), an army captain, returns victorious to his home, but the ruling class refuses to reward his bravery, as they wish power to remain ...

    • Drama
    • Raizô Ichikawa, Yoshiko Kiga, Michiyo Kogure
    • Kenji Mizoguchi
  6. 1955 1h 48m History Drama. List. In feudal Japan, decadent nobles and rising samurai clans engage in a vicious power struggle. The strife reaches a boiling point when Tadamori (Ichijirô...

    • History, Drama
  7. 20 hours ago · Tribute to Kenji Mizoguchi 2017 / Shin Heike monogatari / Japan 1955 A young samurai rises to power in the 12th-century struggles between land-owning nobles and the Buddhist clergy – only to be undone by his own arrogance and vanity.