Taira no Kiyomori

A Friend’s Son, A Friend’s Wife (友の子、友の妻)

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Yoshitomo, who was defeated by Kiyomori, flees eastward but ends up being alone with Masakiyo, Yoshitomo's foster brother and most loyal aide, and the two commit suicide. In Kyoto, Yoritomo, who was separated from Yoshitomo while escaping, is captured and brought to Kiyomori. The members of the Taira family insist on killing Yoritomo, however, Kiyomori's mother desperately begs for Yoritomo's life, seeing her late son Iemori in Yoritomo.