Ep. 171
The Blind Lute Player and the Genji-Heike War
📅 July 10, 1979🕐 25 min
Synopsis
Caught in a violent storm at sea, Ikkyū is swept overboard and separated from Shinemon. Washed ashore on an island where two villages—one pro-Genji, one pro-Heike from two centuries past—still harbor burning hatred for each other. Ikkyū deliberately stages a supernatural incident involving a phantom blind lute player to reconcile them...