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Hikaru Genji, the haunted romantic hero of Lady Murasaki Shikibu’s “Genji Monogatari” (Tale of Genji) comes to life in this new tale of his further romantic adventures. Young Genji, the emperor’s illegitimate son cuts a swath through the women of the imperial court, while still mourning the spirit of his late mother who died while he was still a child. Driven to an obsession with the emperor’s new concubine, Lady Fujitsubo, whose resemblance to his late mother originally caught the eye of the emperor, young Genji embarks upon a reckless affair with her that could cost him his life.Read moreLess
Hikaru Genji, the haunted romantic hero of Lady Murasaki Shikibu’s “Genji Monogatari” (Tale of Genji) comes to life in this new tale of his further romantic adventures. Young Genji, the emperor’s illegitimate son cuts a swath through the women of the imperial court, while still mourning the spirit of his late mother who died while he was still a child. Driven to an obsession with the emperor’s new concubine, Lady Fujitsubo, whose resemblance to his late mother originally caught the eye of the emperor, young Genji embarks upon a reckless affair with her that could cost him his life.
The story
Hikaru Genji, the haunted romantic hero of Lady Murasaki Shikibu’s “Genji Monogatari” (Tale of Genji) comes to life in this new tale of his further romantic adventures. Young Genji, the emperor’s illegitimate son cuts a swath through the women of the imperial court, while still mourning the spirit of his late mother who died while he was still a child. Driven to an obsession with the emperor’s new concubine, Lady Fujitsubo, whose resemblance to his late mother originally caught the eye of the emperor, young Genji embarks upon a reckless affair with her that could cost him his life.
Cast & crew
Raizō IchikawaHikaru Genji
Hanayo SumiFujitsubo / Kiritsubo
Tamao NakamuraOborozukiyo
Ayako WakaoAoi no ue
Yoshie MizutaniSuetsumuhana
Michiko TakanoMurasaki
Mitsuko MitoLady Kokiden
Yasuko NakadaLady Rokujo
Keizō KawasakiTo no Chujo
Jun'ichirō NaritaEmperor SuzakuExplore the crew
- Director
- Kazuo Mori
- Director of Photography
- Shozo Honda
- Producer
- Masaichi Nagata
- Screenplay
- Fuji Yahiro
- Original Music Composer
- Ichirō Saitō
- Editor
- Kōji Taniguchi