Episode
The Heike Story: The Impermanence of Worldly Things
Overview
Biwa witnesses the final clash between the Heike and the Genji. In the aftermath, Biwa sets out to tell the Heike's story.
Details
- Series
- The Heike Story
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 11
- Air date
- 2022-03-24
- Runtime
- 23 min
Episode context
The Impermanence of Worldly Things is Episode 11 in Season 1 of The Heike Story. It aired on 2022-03-24. The runtime is 23 min.
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Episode 9: Heike Flowing
A chance encounter leads Biwa to her mother. The Heike take refuge in Dazaifu, but their respite is cut short.
Episode 8: Leaving the Capital
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Episode 7: Kiyomori, Dies
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Episode 6: City Transition
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Episode 5: Bridge Battle
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Episode 4: Unwritten Affair
Tokuko finally carries Emperor Takakura's child. The prospect of an emperor from the Taira lineage is a happy tiding, but the prospect of Kiyomori's tightening grip on power bodes ill.
Episode 3: Shishigatani Incident
After the passage of several years, Biwa catches up with a friend. A clash with the Enryakuji monks bodes ill for the Heike, and Shigemori is compelled to take drastic action to restrain Kiyomori.
Episode 2: The Glory of the Corrupt World Is a Dream in a Dream
Shigemori rushes to deal with the fallout of Kiyomori's assault on the regent. As Biwa spends more time with Shigemori's family, she begins to open up.
Episode 1: If You Don't Belong to the Heike, You Won't Be a Person
The Taira clan, also known as the Heike, has reached unprecedented power and influence in Japan. Through strange and terrible circumstances, a biwa-playing girl finds herself enmeshed in the story of their political strife.