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.
Director: Kōzaburō Yoshimura
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Kazuo Hasegawa as Hikaru Genji |
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Denjirō Ōkōchi as Takuma nyudo |
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Michiyo Kogure as Fujitsubo |
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Mitsuko Mito as Aoi no ue |
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Machiko Kyō as Awaji no ue |
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Nobuko Otowa as Murasaki no ue |
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Yūji Hori as |
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Yumiko Hasegawa as Oborozukiyo |
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Chieko Sōma as Kiritsubo |
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Yuriko Hanabusa as Kiritsubo's mother |
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Chieko Higashiyama as Lady Kokiden |
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Kōtarō Bandō as To no Chujo |
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Ichirō Sugai as Minister of the Left |
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Eitarō Shindō as Minister of the Right |
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Osamu Takizawa as Emperor Kiritsubo |
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Daisuke Katō as |
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Taiji Tonoyama as Priest |
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Hisako Takihana as Nun |
| Directing | Kōzaburō Yoshimura | Director |
| Camera | Kōhei Sugiyama | Director of Photography |
| Art | Hiroshi Mizutani | Art Direction |
| Production | Masaichi Nagata | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Murasaki Shikibu | Novel |
| Writing | Kaneto Shindō | Writer |
| Sound | Akira Ifukube | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Kenji Misumi | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Junichirō Tanizaki | Adaptation |
| Sound | Masao Ōsumi | Sound Recordist |
