Historical Puppet Spectacle: The Tale of the Heike (series)
人形歴史スペクタクル 平家物語- User score: 10
- Production country: Japan
- Production companies: NHK
- Genre: Drama, War & Politics
- Release date: 12/10/1993
- Release date of last episode: 1/26/1995
- Series status: Ended
- Seasons count: 5 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 57
- Run time: 20 min.
Series description
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.
