- Country: Japan
- Genres: Drama, History
- Release: 1955-09-21
- Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
- Writers: Masashige Narusawa , Hisakazu Tsuji , Yoshikata Yoda , Eiji Yoshikawa
- Language: Japanese
- Stars: Narutoshi Hayashi , Raizō Ichikawa , Tatsuya Ishiguro , Michiyo Kogure , Yoshiko Kuga , Akitake Kôno , Tamao Nakamura , Shunji Natsume , Mitsusaburō Ramon , Kunitarô Sawamura
- Runtime: 108 min
- Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination
- AKA: Новая повесть о роде Тайра , 新・平家物語 (Japan) , O Herói Sacrílego (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Taira Clan Saga (United States of America) , New Tales of the Taira Clan , La nueva saga del Clan Taira (Uruguay, Eastern Republic of) , Die Samurai-Sippe der Taira , Shin Heike monogatari , El héroe sacrílego (Spain) , Legend of the Taira Clan , A Nova Saga do Clã Taira (Brazil) , The Sacrilegious Hero , Legenda klanu Taira (Poland) , Tarina Tairan suvusta (Finland) , The Taira Clan (United States of America) , Le héros sacrilège (France, French Republic) , Tales of the Taira Clan , The New Tale of the Heike (Japan)
- Plot:
Special Forces commander Captain Tadamori returns to Kyoto after successfully defeating the uprising of pirates in the western sea of Japan. But because the high courtiers dislike career soldiers gaining power and influence, they ignore the will of ex-Emperor Toba and refuse to reward the captain. Reward recommender Lord Tokinobu is punished, and the captain sends his son Kiyomori to the Lord’s residence, where he falls in love with Tokiko, the Lord’s daughter. Meanwhile, Kiyomori finds out that he is possibly the ex-Emperor’s son… Written by L.H. Wong
- IMDB:tt0048610
Taira Clan Saga Cast · · · ALL
Kenji Mizoguchi
Director
Raizō Ichikawa
Taira Kiyomori
Yoshiko Kuga
Tokiko
Narutoshi Hayashi
Taira Torodai
Michiyo Kogure
Yasuko
Ichijirō Oya
Taira no Tadamori
Tatsuya Ishiguro
Fujiwara no Tokinobu
Akitake Kôno
Heiroku
Tamao Nakamura
Shigeko
Shunji Natsume
Emperor Toba
Mitsusaburō Ramon
Ryokan
Koreya Senda
Eitarō Shindō
Banboku
Ichirō Sugai
Carpenter
Eijirō Yanagi
Emperor Shirakawa
Hisao Toake
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Shôsaku Sugiyama
Shintarō Nanjō
Shinobu Araki
Shōzō Nanbu
Seishirō Hara
Saburo Date
Fujio Harumoto
Hiroshi Mizuno
Sumao Ishihara