It is late winter in the year 1185, and the Genji general Yoshitsune is leading a group of samurai through a raging storm at sea. Yoshitsune has been given an imperial command to seek out and destroy the Heike - the powerful samurai clan that has taken charge of the infant Emperor and the Three Imperial Treasures. But to take on the Heike at their island stronghold of Yashima, Yoshitsune must pull off a daring surprise attack -  despite being outnumbered ten to one...

Written and presented by Sean Bermingham
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