The Tale of Genji

The Tale of Genji (1951)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1951-06-11
  • User Rating: 5.5/10 from 6 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 4min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Daiei Film
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Kōzaburō Yoshimura
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Summary

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.

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  • Kazuo Hasegawa

    as Hikaru Genji

  • Denjirō Ōkōchi

    as

  • Michiyo Kogure

    as Fujitsubo

  • Mitsuko Mito

    as Aoi no ue

  • Machiko Kyō

    as Awaji no ue

  • Nobuko Otowa

    as Murasaki no ue

  • Yūji Hori

    as

  • Yumiko Hasegawa

    as Oborozukiyo

  • Chieko Sōma

    as Kiritsubo

  • Yuriko Hanabusa

    as Kiritsubo's mother

  • Chieko Higashiyama

    as Lady Kokiden

  • Kōtarō Bandō

    as To no Chujo

  • Ichirō Sugai

    as Minister of the Left

  • Eitarō Shindō

    as Minister of the Right

  • Osamu Takizawa

    as Emperor Kiritsubo

  • Daisuke Katō

    as
Directing Kōzaburō Yoshimura Director
Camera Kōhei Sugiyama Director of Photography
Crew Masao Ôsumi Sound Recordist
Art Hiroshi Mizutani Art Direction
Production Masaichi Nagata Executive Producer
Writing Murasaki Shikibu Novel
Writing Kaneto Shindō Writer
Sound Akira Ifukube Original Music Composer
Directing Kenji Misumi Assistant Director
Writing Junichirō Tanizaki Adaptation

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