Historical Puppet Spectacle: The Tale of the Heike (1993)


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.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Minoru Hanabusa
- Morio Kazama
- Misako Konno
- Renji Ishibashi
- Leo Morimoto
- Shinichiro Okano
- Mahito Tsujimura
- Ben Hiura
- Ken Teraizumi

Mujō
1995
8 episodes
Season 5 of Historical Puppet Spectacle: The Tale of the Heike premiered on January 3, 1995
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Keywords
- puppet
- heike story