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The Tale of Genji

The Tale of Genji1951

★6.0124 minDrama

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.

Director

Kōzaburō Yoshimura

Writer

Score

Stars

Kazuo Hasegawa Denjirō Ōkōchi Michiyo Kogure

Cast18

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
Daisuke Katō
Taiji Tonoyama
as Priest
Hisako Takihana
as Nun

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