Taira Clan Saga (1955)
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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Cast

Raizō Ichikawa Raizō Ichikawa As: Taira Kiyomori
Yoshiko Kuga Yoshiko Kuga As: Tokiko
Naritoshi Hayashi Naritoshi Hayashi As: Taira Torodai
Michiyo Kogure Michiyo Kogure As: Yasuko
Ichijirō Oya Ichijirō Oya As: Taira no Tadamori
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Storyline

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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Details

Genres: Drama

Language: 日本語

Release Date: 21 September 1955

Country: JP

Runtime: 104m

Company Credits

Company: Daiei Film

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Cast

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Writing Credits

Production Crew

Edited By

Costume and Makeup

Masanori Kobayashi

Masanori Kobayashi

Makeup Artist

Tsuru Nakai

Tsuru Nakai

Hairstylist

Sound

Fumio Hayasaka

Fumio Hayasaka

Original Music Composer

Masaru Satō

Masaru Satō

Original Music Composer

Tamekichi Mochizuki

Tamekichi Mochizuki

Original Music Composer

Iwao Ôtani

Iwao Ôtani

Sound Recordist

Visual Effects

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Camera

Kazuo Miyagawa

Kazuo Miyagawa

Director of Photography

Kōhei Sugiyama

Kōhei Sugiyama

Director of Photography

Lighting

Kenichi Okamoto

Kenichi Okamoto

Lighting Technician

Art Department

Hideo Matsuyama

Hideo Matsuyama

Production Design

Matsutarō Kawaguchi

Matsutarō Kawaguchi

Production Design

Hiroshi Mizutani

Hiroshi Mizutani

Art Direction

Takejirô Nakajima

Takejirô Nakajima

Set Decoration

Other Crew

Goro Hisamitsu

Goro Hisamitsu

Special Effects

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