heike-monogatari Videos
21st Century Shin Heike Monogatari
"21st Century Shin Heike Monogatari" ( 21heike.net )- New project of the pianist - Tomona Miyazaki, illustrator- Nobuo Kiuchi and narrator -Mari Komaki. This play is put in the form of a concert spectacle that features elements of traditional Japanese picture-card drama called Kamishibai ("paper theater"). 27 illustrations, a number of masterpieces of European music by J.-S. Bach and narrator monologues that play integrative role for the whole performance are three key constituents of this ...
Author: leichka; Tags: J.S.Bach Busoni Tomona Miyazaki Nobuo Kiuchi Mari Komaki Heike Genji Heike Monogatari Tairano Kiyomori Minamoto Yoritomo
CIC - Heike Monogatari
La continua guerra entre dos clanes, llega a su fin tras años de duras batallas, cuando el joven emperador, acompañado de su dama de compañía, decide suicidarse antes que esperar una muerte deshonrosa a manos de sus enemigos. Pero su Guardia de Honor intercepta a los hombres del Genji, dando su vida por el emperador. A través del tiempo, el sacrificio y el honor de estos guerreros no ha sido olvidado, no sólo por los relatos sino también por la leyenda que esta ha generando. Dirección ...
Author: CortosCic; Tags: cic cortometraje short movie corto escuela de cine cinema cortos cic cic cortos short film cortos samurais oriental
Suma beach
There is a white sandy beach in Suma-ku, ward of Kobe City in Japan, which attracts tourists to the Kansai region for sun bathing and popular events during the summer season. The same beach has appeared in the classic epics Genji monogatari, Heike monogatari, and Ise monogatari. Thus Suma is often referred as an utamakura or meisho, referenced frequently in waka poetry, Noh theatre, kabuki and jōruri. The Beach Boys made a song titled "Sumahama" after this beach in 1970s. ... beach ocean ...
Author: LeoAndMiko; Tags: beach ocean suma japan
Japanese Film Reviews #4: Mizoguchi Kenji's SHIN HEIKE MONOGATARI
As usual, I have uploaded a critical review of the film at my blog. Read it here: constantineintokyo.blogspot.com Year: 1955 Director: Mizoguchi Kenji Starring: Ishikawa Raizo This film can be purchased on Region 1 DVD here: www.amazon.com All original footage and pictures belong to their respective owners and NOT to me. I do not intend any copyright infringement and only mean this video as a form of comment and criticism. My brief use of the original work falls under the Fair Use exception ...
Author: NonStoptoTokyo; Tags: constantine japanese film reviews mizoguchi kenji movie Japan samurai taira minamoto kiyomori monogatari
Heike Monogatari (Tale of Heike)
Excerpts and emaki images of the Heike Monogatari (Tale of Heike) set to four masterpieces of music by Shiro Sagisu. The tale is extremely long, complex and very moving. This brief glimpse is not meant to replicate the tale, but rather share an introduction into the Heike Monogatari. The summaries are broken into four parts, as opposed to the actual 12 books and epilogue of the work. While my focus is on the beginning and end of the tale, the central section which encompasses the middle 8 ...
Author: YoukouYuri; Tags: heike monogatari tale emaki heiji hogen rebellion taira minamoto genji gempei war japan legend culture history 平家物語
Antoku Becomes A Dragon (2/2)
*** WARNING: SPOILERS! *** One of the most memorable scenes in the Japanese epic Tales of the Heike (Heike Monogatari) becomes one of the most poignant scenes in the NHK television dramatization of the same tale. Horrifying and tragic, humorous and depressing, this scene -- based on the true events which unfolded at Dannoura on March 24, 1185 -- has much to teach us. 1. Nothing lasts forever. 2. "You may have won the battle, but we've won the war." While the Genji did manage to eradicate ...
Author: SuiginChou; Tags: dannoura drown antoku dragon
Antoku Becomes A Dragon (1/2)
One of the most famous scenes in the Tales of the Heike (Heike Monogatari) is when Taira no Kiyomori's widow, Lady Tokiko, jumps into the strait at Dannoura with her grandson, the deposed child emperor Antoku. It is one of the most harrowing and memorable depictions of the book's central theme of impermanence (mujou). English speakers will be familiar with the sayings, "Pride comes before the fall," "how the mighty have fallen," or "what goes up must come down." This is what is meant by mujou - ...
Author: SuiginChou; Tags: dannoura drown antoku dragon
Hell Hath No Fury Like ...
This video is a 3-minute sample from the very end of Episode 18 of the most recent television adaptation of the Japanese classic, the Heike Monogatari. What you need to know to appreciate this video: 1. the two rival samurai clans were the Heike (Taira) and the Genji (Minamoto) 2. Kiyomori was the leader of the Heike. 3. Kiyomori just died. (I'll spare you the details so as not to spoil it.) 4. His dying words were nostalgic, regretful, peaceful. 5. His wife (now widow) lies to her sons ...
Author: SuiginChou; Tags: epic
