At the last stage of the Heian period, Taira no Kiyomori (Kenichi Matsuyama) starts to make a country which is ruled by bushi (worriers) while the aristocracy is getting collapsed.

Kiyomori never knows his real parents, however, he is taught bushido and is raised to be a great samurai by his foster father Tadamori.

Although bushi is discriminated as a lower class in this era, Kiyomori becomes the top of all bushi. Eventually, he reaches the top of the country, and this is the beginning of the samurai-based government in Japan.

He tells people the way to grow this country rich in many ways by trade, not by a war. He also teaches them that a social class does not matter to be successful. Although “Heike Monogatari (story)” describes Kiyomori as an anti hero, this drama shows him from different perspectives as he is an energetic and attractive leader.

A hidden story of a born of a neo samurai begins from this drama.


Cast：　Kenichi Matsuyama, Kiichi Nakai, Hiroshi Tamaki, Fumiyo Kohinata, Kyoko Fukada, Ai Kato, Shiro Ito, Shota Matsuda, Hiroshi Mikami, etc.

平安末期、貴族による政治体制が弱体化する中、武士による世を始めて作った平清盛（松山ケンイチ）。本当の親を知らないまま、武士の新興勢力・平氏のもとで育てられた少年は、養父・忠盛（中井貴一）とともに海賊退治を行い、一人前のサムライに鍛えあげられる。

武士が低き階層と差別されていた時代、人の心をつかむことに長けた清盛は、瀬戸内の海賊を束ね、やがて武士の 頂点に立ち、そして日本の覇者となる。

争いでもなく、階層にこだわるのでもなく、交易こそがこの国の豊かになる道だと人々に説いた者。「平家物語」ではアンチヒーローとして描かれていた人物に新たな光をあて、躍動感とエネルギーにあふれる人物 として描く。

まだ誰も知らないサムライの誕生のドラマが、ここに始まる。


キャスト：　松山ケンイチ、中井貴一、玉木宏、小日向文世、深田恭子、加藤あい、伊藤四郎、松田翔太、三上博史、ほか