The Tale of Genji (1951 film)

The Tale of Genji
Scene from the film.
Directed by	Kōzaburō Yoshimura
Produced by	Masaichi Nagata
Written by	Shikibu Murasaki Kaneto Shindo Junichirô Tanizaki
Starring	Kazuo Hasegawa
Music by	Akira Ifukube
Cinematography	Kôhei Sugiyama
Release dates	2 November 1951 (1951-11-02)
Running time	121 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

The Tale of Genji (Japanese: 源氏物語, Genji monogatari) is a 1951 Japanese drama film directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura. It is based on the piece of Japanese literature of the same name. It was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

Cast

Kazuo Hasegawa as Hikaru Genji
Michiyo Kogure as Fujitsubo
Machiko Kyō as Awaji no ue
Nobuko Otowa as Murasaki no ue
Mitsuko Mito as Aoi no ue
Yuji Hori as Yoshinari
Denjirō Ōkōchi as Takuma nyudo
Chieko Soma as Kiritsubo
Yumiko Hasegawa as Oborozukiyo no kimi
Chieko Higashiyama as Kobiden
Osamu Takizawa as Kiritsubo gomon
Kentaro Honma as Kashira
Yuriko Hanabusa as Kiritsubo's mother
Hisako Takihana as Nun
Taiji Tonoyama as Priest

References

↑ "Festival de Cannes: The Tale of Genji". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 17 January 2009.

External links

The Tale of Genji at the Internet Movie Database

Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji

Characters	Aoi no Ue Lady Fujitsubo Hikaru Genji Kaoru Genji Kiritsubo Consort Lady Rokujo Murasaki Ukifune

Anime/Manga	The Tale of Genji (1980) Genji Monogatari (c. 1989) Genji Monogatari Sennenki (2009)

Films	The Tale of Genji (1951) Sennen no Koi Story of Genji (2001) Genji Monogatari: Sennen no Nazo (2011)

Stage	Aoi no Ue The Diver Genji monogatari

Other	Genji Monogatari Emaki The Tale of Genji Museum Nise Murasaki inaka Genji

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