A Fluttering Grudge Spirit...Winter Anime "Tale of the Heike" Episode 4 Synopsis & Advance Cuts Released! Featuring Aoi Yuuki, Takahiro Sakurai, Saori Hayami and more!

The synopsis and advance scene cuts of the fourth episode "Mumon no Shota" of the anime "Heike Monogatari" currently being broadcast on Fuji Television Network and other channels and distributed on FOD have been released.

The story features the original character "Biwa" (CV: Yuuki Aoi) as the narrator of the story. The story centers on Biwa's interaction with the people of the Heike clan, including Kiyomori Taira's eldest son Shigemori (CV: Takahiro Sakurai) and his younger sister Tokuko (CV: Saori Hayami), and portrays people who lived their lives to the fullest while at the mercy of the times.

⇒New visuals and staff comments for the TV anime "Tale of the Heike" starring Aoi Yuki! It is available on FOD from today!

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The synopsis and advance scene cuts for episode 4, which will air on February 2 (Wed.), have been released.

The synopsis and advance cutscenes are as follows
Episode 4 "Mumon no Sho
Tokuko lies on the sickbed despite having given birth to her long-awaited son. Shigemori, who came to visit her, looked around her with one eye and saw the writhing ghosts of those who had been punished in a secret plot.
The Heike family's position becomes even more difficult when the exiles are released by amnesty and Tokuko's son is born safe and sound.

Work information】
■TV animation "The Tale of the Heike

＜Broadcast Information＞
Broadcasting will begin on January 12, 2022!

Fuji Television Network: Every Wednesday from 24:55
Kansai Television: Every Thursday from 25:55
Tokai TV: Every Saturday from 25:45
Hokkaido Bunka Broadcasting: Every Sunday from 25:10
TV Nishinippon: Every Wednesday from 25:55
BS Fuji: Every Wednesday from 24:00 (*First broadcast on January 19)

<Distribution information
All episodes available on FOD!
Netflix: Every Thursday
Amazon Prime Video: Every Thursday at 12:00
AnimeCa: Every Thursday at 12:00
J:COM On Demand: Every Friday at 0:00
milplus：Every Friday at 0:00
Hikari TV: Every Thursday at 12:00
dAnime Store：Every Thursday at 12:00
U-NEXT: Every Thursday at 12:00
All you can watch anime: Every Thursday at 12:00
dTV: Every Thursday at 12:00
Bandai Channel: Every Thursday at 12:00

<Cast
Biwa CV: Yuuki Aoi
Taira Shigemori CV: Sakurai Takahiro
Tokuko Taira CV: Saori Hayami
Kiyomori Taira CV: Tetsuaki Genda
Go-Shirakawa Ho-Ho CV: Chiba Shigeru
TAIRA Tokiko CV: INOUE Kikuko
Taira no Yumemori CV:Miyu Irino
Taira no Yumori (as a child) CV: Yumiko Kobayashi
Taira no Suemori CV: Okamoto Nobuhiko
Taira no Kiyotsune CV: Hanae Natsuki
Atsumori Taira CV: Ayumi Murase
Emperor Takakura CV: Koutaro Nishiyama
Muneyori Taira CV: Shuyuki Hiyama
Tomomori Taira CV: Subaru Kimura
Shigehira Taira CV: Yu Miyazaki
Shizuka Gozen CV: Inori Minase
Minamoto no Yoritomo CV: Tomokazu Sugita
Yoshitsune Minamoto CV: Hiroki Kaji

＜Staff
Based on "Natsuki Ikezawa's Complete Collection of Japanese Literature 09: The Tale of the Heike", translated by Hideo Furukawa, published by Kawade Shobo Shinsha
Director : Naoko Yamada
Screenplay : Reiko Yoshida
Character Planning: Fumiko Takano
Music: Kensuke Ushio
Animation Production: Science SARU
Character Design: Takashi Kojima
Art Director: Tomotaka Kubo (Dehogirary)
Animation Director: Shotaro Imai
Color Designer: Ken Hashimoto
Director of Photography: Kazuto Demizuida
Editing: Kiyoshi Hirose
Sound Director: Eriko Kimura
Sound Effects: Hiromune Kurahashi (Otonarium)
Historical Supervisor: Yoshihiko Sata

B iwa Supervisor: Yukihiro Goto

＜Introduction＞
《The sound of the bell at Gion Shosha echoes the impermanence of all things. The color of the flowers on the sal tree reveals the inevitability of decline.The Heike clan was about to reach the height of its prosperity in terms of power, military might, and wealth.
Shigemori Taira, a man with eyes that can see the dead, meets Biwa, a Biwa priestess with eyes that can see into the future, who predicts that "you will all perish soon.
From an aristocratic society to a warrior society, 15 turbulent years of Japan's historical transition unfolds.

(C) "The Tale of the Heike" Production Committee