The Heike Story - S01

The Taira clan, also known as the Heike, holds immense power over Japan. When a young girl with a strange eye that lets her see the future foolishly disrespects the clan, her father pays for her crime with his life. Not long after, as fate would have it, Taira no Shigemori, the eldest son of the clan leader, comes across the same unfortunate girl, who now goes by the name "Biwa." Biwa tells him that the fall of the Heike is near. After learning of the great injustice Biwa suffered at the Heike's hands, Shigemori vows to take her in and care for her instead of letting her be killed. In an era of rising military tension, the Heike are caught up in a cunning struggle for power, and a bloody war looms ahead. Shigemori, whose eyes let him see the spirits of the dead, is both anxious and hopeful about preventing his clan's downfall. Biwa, however, is unwilling to reveal the future to him and must adjust to her new life, filled with both joy and sorrow, in this pivotal chapter of Japanese history.