---
title: 'Taira Clan Saga (1955)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Kenji Mizoguchi'
released: '1955-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 108
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/taira-clan-saga-1955'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048610/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Taira Clan Saga (1955)

1955 · 108 min · Drama · Japan

Original title: 新・平家物語

## Synopsis

Shin Heike Monogatari  is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. It is based on a prose version by Eiji Yoshikawa of a Japanese epic poem, The Tale of the Heike. It is Mizoguchi's second and last film in color, the other being Princess Yang Kwei Fei (Yōkihi) of the same year.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Kenji Mizoguchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenji-mizoguchi)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Fumio Hayasaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/fumio-hayasaka)
- **Producer:** [Masaichi Nagata](https://cinepixo.com/people/masaichi-nagata)

## Cast

- [Kunitarō Sawamura](https://cinepixo.com/people/kunitaro-sawamura)
- [Eijirō Yanagi](https://cinepixo.com/people/eijiro-yanagi)
- [Ichikawa Raizō VIII](https://cinepixo.com/people/ichikawa-raizo-viii)
- [Koreya Senda](https://cinepixo.com/people/koreya-senda)
- [Tamao Nakamura](https://cinepixo.com/people/tamao-nakamura)
- [Yoshiko Kuga](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshiko-kuga)
- [Michiyo Kogure](https://cinepixo.com/people/michiyo-kogure)

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