 
            
        Emperor Sutoku falls into Nariko's trap and passes the throne to Emperor Konoe, the son of Nariko and the retired Emperor Toba. Meanwhile, Akiko becomes seriously ill and passes away. Seeing Kiyomori frantically pounce on Buddhist priests who were unable to save Akiko, Tadamori feels that Kiyomori has the same fierce temper as his biological father, the late cloistered Emperor Shirakawa.
 
                                    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
 
                                    Ai Kato
Takashina no Akiko