The Tale of Genji (1951 film)
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Directed byKōzaburō Yoshimura
Written byKaneto Shindō
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
Murasaki Shikibu (novel)
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
Murasaki Shikibu (novel)
Produced byMasaichi Nagata
StarringKazuo Hasegawa
| The Tale of Genji | |
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| Directed by | Kōzaburō Yoshimura |
| Written by | Kaneto Shindō Jun'ichirō Tanizaki Murasaki Shikibu (novel) |
| Produced by | Masaichi Nagata |
| Starring | Kazuo Hasegawa |
| Cinematography | Kōhei Sugiyama |
| Music by | Akira Ifukube |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Daiei Film |
Release date | |
Running time | 124 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | ¥141.05 million[3] |
The Tale of Genji (源氏物語, Genji Monogatari) is a 1951 Japanese drama film directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura. It is based on the early 11th century novel of the same name.[1][2]
- Kazuo Hasegawa as Hikaru Genji
- Michiyo Kogure as Fujitsubo
- Machiko Kyō as Awaji no ue
- Nobuko Otowa as Murasaki no ue
- Mitsuko Mito as Aoi no ue
- Yuji Hori as Yoshinari
- Denjirō Ōkōchi as Takuma nyudo
- Chieko Soma as Kiritsubo
- Yumiko Hasegawa as Oborozukiyo no kimi
- Chieko Higashiyama as Kobiden
- Osamu Takizawa as Kiritsubo gomon
- Kentaro Honma as Kashira
- Yuriko Hanabusa as Kiritsubo's mother
- Hisako Takihana as Nun
- Taiji Tonoyama as Priest
Release
The Tale of Genji was released in Japan on 2 November 1951[1][2] and shown in competition at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.[4]
