Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji (2001)
Set in 900AD and tells the story of a famous female writer of the time, Murasaki Shikibu. Her story begins from the death of her husband, a Japanese noble, then moves on to her recruitment to train the Prince's young 'wives in waiting'. It is dotted throughout and actually composed mainly of one of the fictional stories she wrote, the tale of Genji. Genji is a rich playboy who falls in love and has a son to his stepmother. He falls in love often and has many wives whom are all completely subservient to him.
Director:
Tonkô Horikawa
Writer:
Akira Hayasaka
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Sayuri Yoshinaga as Murasaki Shikibu |
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Yuki Amami as Hikaru Genji |
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Toru Kazama as |
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Morio Kazama as |
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Kyôko Kishida as |
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Naoto Takenaka as |
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Seiko Matsuda as |
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Takako Tokiwa as |
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Ken Watanabe as |
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Reiko Takashima as |
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Rino Katase as |
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Mitsuko Mori as |
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Yoko Minamino as |
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Fumie Hosokawa as |
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Shinobu Nakayama as |
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Keiko Takeshita as |
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Tsurutaro Kataoka as |
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Shigeru Kōyama as |
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Takeshi Katō as |
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Aki Maeda as |
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Takami Mizuhashi as |
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Kazuyo Asari as |
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Junkichi Orimoto as |
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Taro Yamamoto as |
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Hirotaro Honda as |
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Yasunori Danta as |
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Tadahiko Hirano as |
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Machiko Washio as |
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Taeko Hattori as |
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Ichiro Shinjitsu as |
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Satoshi Hashimoto as |
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Hiroyuki Kinoshita as |
| Writing | Murasaki Shikibu | Original Story |
| Directing | Tonkô Horikawa | Director |
| Writing | Akira Hayasaka | Screenplay |
| Camera | Tatsuo Suzuki | Director of Photography |
| Production | Keita Senoo | Producer |
| Production | Riuko Tominaga | Producer |
| Production | Junichi Kimura | Producer |
| Production | Nobuyuki Tohya | Producer |
| Production | Hiroshi Furukawa | Producer |
| Production | 依田正和 | Producer |
| Art | Yoshinobu Nishioka | Production Design |
| Art | Toshiyuki Matsumiya | Production Design |
| Sound | Isao Tomita | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | 北神行雄 | Music Producer |
| Sound | Genichi Tsushima | Music Producer |
| Sound | Maiku Samata | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Hiroaki Usui | Sound Effects |
| Lighting | Kiyoto Ando | Gaffer |
| Editing | Shin'ya Tadano | Editor |
| Directing | 葛原隆康 | Assistant Director |
| Directing | 田中美佐江 | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Tetsuo Segawa | Sound Mixer |