The Tale of Genji (1951)
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.
Year
1951
Country
JP
Language
Japanese
Release date
11 June 1951
TMDB
6.0 (7)
CineVerse
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Kazuo Hasegawa
Hikaru Genji
Denjirō Ōkōchi
Takuma nyudo
Michiyo Kogure
Fujitsubo
Mitsuko Mito
Aoi no ue
Machiko Kyō
Awaji no ue
Nobuko Otowa
Murasaki no ue
Yūji Hori
Yumiko Hasegawa
Oborozukiyo
Chieko Sōma
Kiritsubo
Yuriko Hanabusa
Kiritsubo's mother
Chieko Higashiyama
Lady Kokiden
Kōtarō Bandō
To no Chujo
Ichirō Sugai
Minister of the Left
Eitarō Shindō
Minister of the Right
Osamu Takizawa
Emperor Kiritsubo
Daisuke Katō
Taiji Tonoyama
Priest
Hisako Takihana
Nun
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