The Tale of Genji
movie
Released June 11, 1951
Genres:
Overview
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
Crew
Kōzaburō Yoshimura
as
Director
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Kōhei Sugiyama
as
Director of Photography
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Masao Ōsumi
as
Sound Recordist
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Hiroshi Mizutani
as
Art Direction
Masaichi Nagata
as
Executive Producer
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Murasaki Shikibu
as
Novel
Kaneto Shindō
as
Writer
Akira Ifukube
as
Original Music Composer
Kenji Misumi
as
Assistant Director
Junichirō Tanizaki
as
Adaptation