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In 1161, the retired Emperor Sutoku, who has been exiled to Sanuki where he is now living a quiet life, writes a hand-copied sutra for the former Emperor Go-Shirakawa with hopes to express apology. However, the sutra he sent to Go-Shirakawa is torn up and returned back to Sutoku. Also, triggered by the sudden death of his son, Prince Shigehito, Sutoku finally explodes with fury. Learning Sutoku's deeply-seated grudges, Kiyomori decides to dedicate sutras, known as "The Heike Nokyo Sutras," to Itsukushima Shrine in order to pray for the prosperity of the Taira family.
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Kenichi Matsuyama
Taira no Kiyomori

Kiichi Nakai
Taira no Tadamori

Shota Matsuda
Go-Shirakawa-tenno

Arata Iura
Emperor Sutoku

Fumiyo Kohinata
Minamoto no Tameyoshi

Yudai Chiba
Emperor Takakura

Hiroshi Tamaki
Minamoto no Yoshitomo

Rei Dan
Fujiwara no Shoshi

Kyoko Fukada
Taira no tokiko

Ryo
Horikawa no Tsubone

Rena Tanaka
Lady Yura

Emi Takei
Tokiwa Gozen
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