The Radiant Prince

The Radiant Prince (1961)


  • Genre: Drama, Romance
  • Release Date: 1961-10-14
  • Runtime: 1h 42min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Daiei Film
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Kazuo Mori

Summary

Hikaru Genji, the haunted romantic hero of Lady Murasaki Shikibu’s “Genji Monogatari” (Tale of Genji) comes to life in this new tale of his further romantic adventures. Young Genji, the emperor’s illegitimate son cuts a swath through the women of the imperial court, while still mourning the spirit of his late mother who died while he was still a child. Driven to an obsession with the emperor’s new concubine, Lady Fujitsubo, whose resemblance to his late mother originally caught the eye of the emperor, young Genji embarks upon a reckless affair with her that could cost him his life.

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  • Raizō Ichikawa

    as Hikaru Genji
  • Hanayo Sumi

    as Fujitsubo / Kiritsubo
  • Tamao Nakamura

    as Oborozukiyo
  • Ayako Wakao

    as Aoi no ue
  • Yoshie Mizutani

    as Suetsumuhana
  • Michiko Takano

    as Murasaki
  • Akiko Hasegawa

    as Princess Akikonomu
  • Mitsuko Mito

    as Lady Kokiden
  • Yasuko Nakada

    as Lady Rokujo
  • Keizō Kawasaki

    as To no Chujo
  • Jun'ichirō Narita

    as Emperor Suzaku
  • Hajime Mitamura

    as Prince Hyobu
  • Shirō Ōtsuji

    as Koremitsu
  • Koreya Senda

    as Minister of the Right
  • Michiko Ai

    as
  • Reiko Fujiwara

    as Ben
  • Mayumi Kurata

    as
  • Tokiko Mita

    as
  • Yōko Wakasugi

    as
  • Kiyoko Hirai

    as
  • Kuniko Miyake

    as
  • Jukai Ichikawa

    as Emperor
Writing Matsutarō Kawaguchi Novel
Camera Shozo Honda Director of Photography
Directing Kazuo Mori Director
Production Masaichi Nagata Producer
Art Yoshinobu Nishioka Art Direction
Writing Fuji Yahiro Screenplay
Sound Ichirō Saitō Original Music Composer
Lighting Gengon Nakaoka Lighting Technician
Sound Tsuchitarô Hayashi Sound Recordist
Editing Kôji Taniguchi Editor

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