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

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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)
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Shin Heike Monogatari (film)
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Average viewership rating: 24.1%. Highest viewership peak: 27.2%.[2] Episodes 46 and 52 still exist in black and white.

Story

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

Cast

Taira Clan

Minamoto Clan

Emperors

Others

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