The Tale of Genji (1951)

Name: The Tale of Genji
Genre: Drama
Released: 1951-06-11
Duration: 124 min
Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa, Denjirō Ōkōchi, Michiyo Kogure, Mitsuko Mito, Machiko Kyō

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.

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Released 1951-06-11 · 124 min · Drama

Directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura

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
Ichirō Sugai as Minister of the Left
Eitarō Shindō as Minister of the Right
Osamu Takizawa as Emperor Kiritsubo