The Tale of Genji

Drama

★ 6.0/1019512h 4m

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.

Runtime

2h 4m

Language

Japanese

Released

Jun 11, 1951

Runtime

2h 4m

Language

Japanese

Released

Jun 11, 1951

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

Taiji Tonoyama

Priest

Hisako Takihana

Nun

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