The Tale of Genji: A Thousand Year Enigma (2011)
"Genji Monogatari" focuses on the love and hate relationships surrounding Genji Hakaru. Lady Fujitsubo is Genji's first love. Ryokuzono Miyasutokoro is obsessed with Genji and eventually becomes a spirit. Yu Kao, who is from the lower class, give comfort to Genji's emotional wounds. Writer Murasaki Shikibu is jealous of Genji and is eventually ordered by Seime Abe to write a work ...
- Released
- 2011-12-10
- Genres
- Fantasy, Drama
- Runtime
- 137 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Yukiko Takayama, Yasuo Tsuruhashi, Izumi Kawasaki
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 from 8 votes
Cast
- Toma Ikuta as Hikaru Genji
- Miki Nakatani as Murasaki Shikibu
- Yoko Maki as Fujitsubo
- Mikako Tabe as Ai no Ue
- Rena Tanaka as Rokujo-no-Miya Sudokoro
- Yosuke Kubozuka as Seimei Abe
- Noriyuki Higashiyama as Fujiwara Michinaga
- Shigeru Muroi as Kokiden Lady
- Misako Renbutsu as Fujiwara no Shoshi
- Takaaki Enoki as Kiritsubo Emperor
- Masahiro Komoto as Yukinari Fujiwara
- Yoshiko Sakuma as Omyobu
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