The Tale of Genji (1951)
Original title: 源氏物語
The Tale of Genji is a 1951 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura, with a running time of 2h 4m. It stars Kazuo Hasegawa, Denjirō Ōkōchi and Michiyo Kogure.
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 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