Film
The Tale of Genji
1951 · 2h 4m · Drama
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Overview
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.
Cast
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
Ichirō Sugai
Minister of the Left
Eitarō Shindō
Minister of the Right
Osamu Takizawa
Emperor Kiritsubo
Daisuke Katō
Crew
- Kōzaburō YoshimuraDirector
- Kaneto ShindōWriter
- Murasaki ShikibuNovel
- Masaichi NagataExecutive Producer
- Kōhei SugiyamaDirector of Photography
- Akira IfukubeOriginal Music Composer
Media
Details
- Release date
- June 11, 1951
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 2h 4m
- Genres
- Drama
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