The Tale of Genji

2h 4m

Drama

5.5

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.

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

Unknown

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

Unknown

Taiji Tonoyama

Priest

Hisako Takihana

Nun

Crew

Kōzaburō Yoshimura

Director

Kaneto Shindō

Writer

Junichirō Tanizaki

Adaptation

Murasaki Shikibu

Novel

Kōhei Sugiyama

Director of Photography

Kenji Misumi

Assistant Director

Masaichi Nagata

Executive Producer

Masao Ōsumi

Sound Recordist

Akira Ifukube

Original Music Composer

Hiroshi Mizutani

Art Direction