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The Tale of Genji

5.5 124 mins Drama   1951
Daiei Film  
Director(s): Kōzaburō Yoshimura

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.

Casts of The Tale of Genji

Kazuo Hasegawa

as Hikaru Genji

Denjirō Ōkōchi

as Takuma nyudo

Michiyo Kogure

as Fujitsubo

Mitsuko Mito

as Aoi no ue

Machiko Kyō

as Awaji no ue

Nobuko Otowa

as Murasaki no ue

Yumiko Hasegawa

as Oborozukiyo

Chieko Sōma

as Kiritsubo

Yuriko Hanabusa

as Kiritsubo's mother

Chieko Higashiyama

as Lady Kokiden

Kōtarō Bandō

as To no Chujo

Ichirō Sugai

as Minister of the Left

Eitarō Shindō

as Minister of the Right

Osamu Takizawa

as Emperor Kiritsubo

Taiji Tonoyama

as Priest

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