Shin Heike Monogatari (film)

Shin Heike Monogatari
新・平家物語
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKenji Mizoguchi
Produced byMasaichi Nagata
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byKanji Suganuma
Music by
Distributed byDaiei Film
Release date
  • September 21, 1955 (1955-09-21) (Japan)
Running time
108 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Shin Heike Monogatari (新・平家物語, lit. "New Tale of the Heike") 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.[note 1] It is Mizoguchi's second and last film in color, the other being Princess Yang Kwei Fei (Yōkihi) of the same year.
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