The Tale of Genji: A Thousand Year Enigma

The Tale of Genji: A Thousand Year Enigma

137 mins | Drama, Fantasy | Dec. 10, 2011

"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 ...

The Tale of Genji: A Thousand Year Enigma

137 mins | Drama, Fantasy | Dec. 10, 2011

The Tale of Genji: A Thousand Year Enigma
"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 ...
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Toho Company, Ltd., Kadokawa Pictures
Original title 源氏物語 千年の謎
Directors Yasuo Tsuruhashi
Writers Murasaki Shikibu, Yukiko Takayama, Izumi Kawasaki

Cast

生田斗真

as Hikaru Genji

Miki Nakatani

as Murasaki Shikibu

Yoko Maki

as Fujitsubo

Mikako Tabe

as Ai no Ue

Rena Tanaka

as Rokujo-no-Miya Sudokoro

Yosuke Kubozuka

as Seimei Abe

Noriyuki Higashiyama

as Fujiwara Michinaga

Shigeru Muroi

as Kokiden Lady

Misako Renbutsu

as Fujiwara no Shoshi

Takaaki Enoki

as Kiritsubo Emperor

Masahiro Koumoto

as Yukinari Fujiwara

Yoshiko Sakuma

as Omyobu

Sei Ashina

as Yugao