The Tale of Genji (1951 film)
The Tale of Genji (Japanese: 源氏物語, Genji monogatari) is a 1951 Japanese drama film directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura. It is based on the early 11th century piece of Japanese literature of the same name. It was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
| The Tale of Genji | |
|---|---|
 Scene from the film. | |
| Directed by | Kōzaburō Yoshimura |
| Produced by | Masaichi Nagata |
| Written by | Shikibu Murasaki Kaneto Shindo Jun'ichirō Tanizaki |
| Starring | Kazuo Hasegawa |
| Music by | Akira Ifukube |
| Cinematography | Kôhei Sugiyama |
Release date |
|
Running time | 121 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | ¥141.05 million[1] |
Cast
- Kazuo Hasegawa as Hikaru Genji
- Michiyo Kogure as Fujitsubo
- Machiko Kyō as Awaji no ue
- Nobuko Otowa as Murasaki no ue
- Mitsuko Mito as Aoi no ue
- Yuji Hori as Yoshinari
- Denjirō Ōkōchi as Takuma nyudo
- Chieko Soma as Kiritsubo
- Yumiko Hasegawa as Oborozukiyo no kimi
- Chieko Higashiyama as Kobiden
- Osamu Takizawa as Kiritsubo gomon
- Kentaro Honma as Kashira
- Yuriko Hanabusa as Kiritsubo's mother
- Hisako Takihana as Nun
- Taiji Tonoyama as Priest
References
- 『キネマ旬報ベスト・テン85回全史 1924-2011』、キネマ旬報社、2012年5月23日、p.88
- "Festival de Cannes: The Tale of Genji". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.