The Tale of Genji (1951)
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.
- Released
- 1951-06-11
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Kōzaburō Yoshimura
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 from 7 votes
Cast
- Kazuo Hasegawa as Hikaru Genji
- Denjirō Ōkōchi as Takuma nyudo
- Michiyo Kogure as Fujitsubo
- Mitsuko Mito as Aoi no ue
- Machiko Kyō as Awaji no ue
- Nobuko Otowa as Murasaki no ue
- Yūji Hori
- 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
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