The Tale of Genji (1951 film)
| The Tale of Genji | |
|---|---|
 Scene from the film. | |
| Directed by | Kōzaburō Yoshimura |
| Written by | Kaneto Shindō Jun'ichirō Tanizaki Murasaki Shikibu (novel) |
| Produced by | Masaichi Nagata |
| Starring | Kazuo Hasegawa |
| Cinematography | Kōhei Sugiyama |
| Music by | Akira Ifukube |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Daiei Film |
Release date | |
Running time | 124 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | ¥141.05 million[3] |
The Tale of Genji (源氏物語, Genji Monogatari) is a 1951 Japanese drama film directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura. It is based on the early 11th century novel of the same name.[1][2]
Cast[edit]
- 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
Release[edit]
The Tale of Genji was released in Japan on 2 November 1951[1][2] and shown in competition at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.[4]
Legacy[edit]
The Tale of Genji was screened at a 2012 retrospective on Kaneto Shindō and Kōzaburō Yoshimura in London, organised by the British Film Institute and the Japan Foundation.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "源氏物語(1951)". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 July 2023.
- ^ a b c "源氏物語". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 July 2023.
- ^ 『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
- ^ "Genji monogatari". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
- ^ "Two Masters of Japanese Cinema: Kaneto Shindo & Kozaburo Yoshimura at BFI Southbank in June and July 2012" (PDF). Japan Foundation. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
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