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TAIRA CLAN SAGA

Category: Edition 1974

Synopsis
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...

Original Title SHIN HEIKE MONOGATARI
Italian Title LA NUOVA STORIA DEL CLAN TAIRA
Category Out of competition
Section Focus on Japan
Tipology Feature Film
Duration 108'
Production Year 1955
Nationality Japan
Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
Story Eiji Yoshikawa
Screenplay Masashige Narusawa, Kyûchi Tsuji, Yoshikata Yoda, Eiji Yoshikawa
Director of photography Kohei Sugiyama, Kazuo Miyagawa
Music Tamekichi Mochizuki, Masaru Satô, Fumio Hayasaka
Main cast Narutoshi Hayashi
Raizô Ichikawa
Tatsuya Ishiguro
Michiyo Kogure
Akitake Kono
Yoshiko Kuga
Tamao Nakamura
Produced by Masaichi Nagata

--- regista --- kenji mizoguchiKENJI MIZOGUCHI
Kenji Mizoguchi (Tokyo, May 16, 1898 - Kyoto, August 24, 1956) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Mizoguchi's work is renowned for its long takes and mise-en-scène. According to writer Mark Le Fanu, "His films have an extraordinary force and purity. They shake and move the viewer by the power, refinement and compassion with which they confront human suffering".
His film "Ugetsu" (1953) won the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival, and appeared in the Sight & Sound Critics' Top Ten Poll in 1962 and 1972. Other acclaimed films of his include "The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums" (1939), "The Life of Oharu" (1952), and "Sansho the Bailiff" (1954).

 

production
Daiei Studios
(Japan)

 

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