The Tale of Genji: A Thousand Year Enigma
2011, Japanese. Directed by Yasuo Tsuruhashi.
"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 ...
- Runtime
- 2h 17m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Yasuo TsuruhashiDirector
- Toma IkutaHikaru Genji
- Miki NakataniMurasaki Shikibu
- Yoko MakiFujitsubo
- Mikako TabeAi no Ue
- Rena TanakaRokujo-no-Miya Sudokoro
- Yosuke KubozukaSeimei Abe
- Noriyuki HigashiyamaFujiwara Michinaga
- Shigeru MuroiKokiden Lady
- Misako RenbutsuFujiwara no Shoshi
- Takaaki EnokiKiritsubo Emperor
- Masahiro KomotoYukinari Fujiwara
- Yoshiko SakumaOmyobu
Details
- Released
- 10 December 2011
- Original title
- 源氏物語 千年の謎
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Izumi Kawasaki, Yukiko Takayama
- Budget
- $10M
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The Tale of Genji: A Thousand Year Enigma (2011) was directed by Yasuo Tsuruhashi and stars Toma Ikuta, Miki Nakatani, Yoko Maki.