The Tale of Genji (1951)
源氏物語
Genji, the illegitimate offspring of a Japanese potentate, goes by the philosophy of "love 'em and leave 'em" as a matter of course. Only when his heart is broken by Awaji does Genji realizes how much pain he himself has caused.
- Date of release
- 1951-06-11
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 2h 4m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Kōzaburō Yoshimura
Casting
- Kazuo Hasegawa — Hikaru Genji
- Denjirō Ōkōchi — Takuma nyudo
- Michiyo Kogure — Fujitsubo
- Mitsuko Mito — Aoi no ue
- Machiko Kyō — Awaji no ue
- Nobuko Otowa — Murasaki no ue
- Yūji Hori
- Yumiko Hasegawa — Oborozukiyo
- Chieko Sōma — Kiritsubo
- Yuriko Hanabusa — Kiritsubo's mother
- Chieko Higashiyama — Lady Kokiden
- Kōtarō Bandō — To no Chujo
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