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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.
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1995-01-26
S5E8 — Shogyō Mujō
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Morio Kazama
Misako Konno
Renji Ishibashi
Leo Morimoto
Shinichiro Okano
Mahito Tsujimura
Ben Hiura
Ken Teraizumi
Kazuo Andō
Morihiko Uchiyama
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