The Tale of Genji (1951 film)
| The Tale of Genji | |
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 Scene from the film. | |
| Directed by | Kōzaburō Yoshimura |
| Written by | Shikibu Murasaki Kaneto Shindo Jun'ichirō Tanizaki |
| Produced by | Masaichi Nagata |
| Starring | Kazuo Hasegawa |
| Cinematography | Kôhei Sugiyama |
| Music by | Akira Ifukube |
Release date |
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Running time | 121 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | ¥141.05 million[1] |
The Tale of Genji (Japanese: 源氏物語, Genji monogatari) is a 1951 Japanese drama film directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura. It is based on the early 11th century piece of Japanese literature of the same name. It was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
Cast[]
- 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
- as Kiritsubo
- as Oborozukiyo no kimi
- Chieko Higashiyama as Kobiden
- Osamu Takizawa as Kiritsubo gomon
- as Kashira
- Yuriko Hanabusa as Kiritsubo's mother
- as Nun
- Taiji Tonoyama as Priest
References[]
- ^ 『キネマ旬報ベスト・テン85回全史 1924-2011』、キネマ旬報社、2012年5月23日、p.88
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Tale of Genji". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
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- 1951 films
- Japanese-language films
- 1951 drama films
- Japanese films
- Japanese drama films
- Japanese black-and-white films
- Films directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura
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- Films based on Japanese novels
- Films set in feudal Japan
- Films scored by Akira Ifukube
- Films produced by Masaichi Nagata
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