源氏物語 千年の謎 · 2011

The Tale of Genji: A Thousand Year Enigma

Yasuo Tsuruhashi · 137 min · Japan

"Genji Monogatari" focuses on the love and hate relationships surrounding Genji Hakaru. Lady Fujitsubo is Genji's first love. Ryokuzono Miyasutokoro is obsessed with Genji and eventually becomes a spirit. Yu Kao, who is from the lower class, give comfort to Genji's emotional wounds. Writer Murasaki Shikibu is jealous of Genji and is eventually ordered by Seime Abe to write a work ...

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Budget

US$10,000,000

Production companies

KADOKAWA, TOHO

Locations

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Setting

Kioto

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Cast

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  Toma Ikuta

  Hikaru Genji

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  Miki Nakatani

  Murasaki Shikibu

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  Yoko Maki

  Fujitsubo

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  Mikako Tabe

  Ai no Ue

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  Rena Tanaka

  Rokujo-no-Miya Sudokoro

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  Yosuke Kubozuka

  Seimei Abe

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  Noriyuki Higashiyama

  Fujiwara Michinaga

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  Shigeru Muroi

  Kokiden Lady