Shin Heike Monogatari (TV series)

Shin Heike Monogatari (新・平家物語) is a 1972 Japanese television series. It is the tenth NHK taiga drama.[1]

Shin Heike Monogatari
GenreTaiga drama
Written byYumie Hiraiwa
StarringTatsuya Nakadai
Tamao Nakamura
Ken Ogata
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Masakazu Tamura
Mikio Narita
Makoto Fujita
Taro Shigaki
Akiko Koyama
Michiyo Aratama
Kōji Takahashi
Shinsuke Ashida
Komaki Kurihara
Masako Izumi
Eitaro Ozawa
Ayako Wakao
Masayuki Mori
Osamu Takizawa
Theme music composerIsao Tomita
Opening themeNHK Symphony Orchestra
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes52
Production
Running time45 minutes
Original release
NetworkNHK
ReleaseJanuary 2 (1972-01-02) –
December 24, 1972 (1972-12-24)
Related
Shin Heike Monogatari (film)

Average viewership rating: 24.1%. Highest viewership peak: 27.2%.[2] Episodes 46 and 52 still exist in black and white.

Story edit

Shin Heike Monogatari deals with the Genpei War in late Heian period. Based on Eiji Yoshikawa's novel by the same title.[3][4]

The story chronicles the life of Taira no Kiyomori.[5]

Staff edit

Cast edit

Taira Clan edit

Minamoto Clan edit

Emperors edit

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References edit

  1. ^ "Shin Heike Monogatari". NHK. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  2. ^ "ビデオリサーチ NHK大河ドラマ 過去の視聴率データ". Video Research (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 6 January 2006.
  3. ^ "40年前の大河ドラマで清盛はどう描かれた?「平清盛」と「新・平家物語」". excite. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  4. ^ "初代・平清盛を演じた仲代達矢が語る「新・平家物語」の時代". Aera. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  5. ^ "新・平家物語とは". kotobank. Retrieved 30 December 2020.

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