The Tale of Genji (1987)
Genji, the son of the emperor, is the talk of the Kyoto nobility for his charm and good looks, yet he cannot stop himself from pursuing an unobtainable object of desire: his father's young and beautiful bride. Following the tragic consequences of his obsession, Genji wanders from one affair to another, always seeking some sort of completion to his life.
Director: Gisaburō Sugii
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Morio Kazama as Hikaru Genji (voice) |
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Midori Hagio as Yuugao (voice) |
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Miwako Kaji as Lady Rokujō (voice) |
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Reiko Ōhara as Lady Fujitsubo (voice) |
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Megumi Yokoyama as Murasaki (voice) |
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Jun Fubuki as Oborozukiyo (voice) |
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Reiko Tajima as Lady Aoi (voice) |
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Masane Tsukayama as Tou-no-Chuujou (voice) |
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Shigeru Yazaki as Koremitsu (voice) |
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Bin Shimada as Tou-no-Ben (voice) |
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Chikao Ohtsuka as Koremitsu (voice) |
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Fujio Tokita as Hermit of Kitayama (voice) |
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Gorō Naya as Bishop (voice) |
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Hiroko Maruyama as Ootakebe (voice) |
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Hisako Ôkata as Lady Koukiden (voice) |
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Kazue Suzuki as Murasaki's Maid (voice) |
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Kazuhisa Seshimo as Toushikibunojou (voice) |
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Kazuo Hayashi as Emperor Suzaku (voice) |
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Kinto Tamura as Minister of the Left (voice) |
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Masako Katsuki as Wet Nurse Shounagon (voice) |
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Mirai Boke as Oumyoubu (voice) |
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Nachi Nozawa as Emperor Kiritsubo (voice) |
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Aoki Nana as Ukon (voice) |
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Ryuji Saikachi as Old Caretaker (voice) |
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Yoshito Yasuhara as Sama-no-kami (voice) |
| Camera | Juro Sugimura | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Gisaburō Sugii | Director |
| Production | Masato Hara | Producer |
| Art | Mihoko Magoori | Art Direction |
| Sound | Haruomi Hosono | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Tomomi Tsutsui | Writer |
| Visual Effects | Kahoru Hirata | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Jirō Tanaka | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yoshihiro Tsuji | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kumiko Kawana | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shinya Takahashi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kazushige Yusa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yasuhiro Nakura | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yukiyoshi Hane | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yasuhiko Ogata | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kazuko Shibata | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yukiya Chida | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yoshiyuki Sadamoto | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shin'ichi Tsuji | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Marisuke Eguchi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Ikko Kobayashi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hidekazu Ohara | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Fumio Iida | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yumiko Suda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kazuo Tomizawa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kaoru Nakajima | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yuji Shigekuni | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Madoka Yasue | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Masayuki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Minoru Maeda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Mahiro Maeda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hideaki Matsuoka | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tsuneo Maeda | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Yasuhiro Nakura | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Makoto Ito | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kiyomu Fukuda | Key Animation |
| Writing | Murasaki Shikibu | Original Story |
| Writing | Murasaki Shikibu | Novel |