Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
2001, Japanese. Directed by Tonkô Horikawa.
Set in 900AD and tells the story of a famous female writer of the time, Murasaki Shikibu. Her story begins from the death of her husband, a Japanese noble, then moves on to her recruitment to train the Prince's young 'wives in waiting'. It is dotted throughout and actually composed mainly of one of the fictional stories she wrote, the tale of Genji. Genji is a rich playboy who falls in love and has a son to his stepmother. He falls in love often and has many wives whom are all completely subservient to him.
- Runtime
- 2h 23m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 15 December 2001
- Original title
- 千年の恋 ひかる源氏物語
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Akira Hayasaka
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Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 15 December 2001. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji?
Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji (2001) was directed by Tonkô Horikawa and stars Sayuri Yoshinaga, Yuki Amami, Toru Kazama.