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The Tale of Genji

1951·124 min

The Tale of Genji

Directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura

Drama

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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Hikaru Genji

Denjirō Ōkōchi

Takuma nyudo

Fujitsubo

Aoi no ue

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Kōhei Sugiyama

Director of Photography

Original Music Composer

Writer

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Machiko Kyō

Awaji no ue

Murasaki no ue

Yumiko Hasegawa

Oborozukiyo

Kiritsubo

Yuriko Hanabusa

Kiritsubo's mother

Chieko Higashiyama

Lady Kokiden

Kōtarō Bandō

To no Chujo

Minister of the Left

Eitarō Shindō

Minister of the Right

Emperor Kiritsubo

Priest

Hisako Takihana

Nun

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The Tale of Genji (1951) is about 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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Kōzaburō Yoshimura directed The Tale of Genji (1951).

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