The Tale of Genji (1987 film)

The Tale of Genji
The Tale of Genji
Japanese name
Kanji	源氏物語
Revised Hepburn
Transcriptions
Revised Hepburn	Genji Monogatari
Directed by	Gisaburō Sugii
Starring	Morio Kazama
Music by	Haruomi Hosono
Production; company	Group TAC
Distributed by	Nippon Herald Films
Release date	December 19, 1987 (Japan);
Running time	106 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

The Tale of Genji is a 1987 animated adaptation of The Tale of Genji, directed by Gisaburō Sugii.^[1]

Plot

The movie adapts elements of the first third of The Tale of Genji, depicting the life of Hikaru Genji in the Imperial Court of the Heian period.^[1]

Cast

Morio Kazama as Hikaru Genji^[2]
Miwako Kaji as Lady Rokujō^[2]
Fubuki Jun as Oborozukiyo (朧月夜)^[2]
Hagio Midori as Yugao^[2]
Yokoyama Megumi as Lady Murasaki^[2]
Yazaki Shigeru as Koremitsu^[2]
Nozawa Nachi as Emperor Kiritsubo^[2]
Tokita Fujio as the Priest of Kitayama^[2]
Ohara Reiko as Lady Fujitsubo (藤壺)^[2]

Production

The movie was directed by Gisaburō Sugii.^[1] The character designer and animation director was Yasuhiro Nakura.^[1] The movie was a joint production of Asahi Sonorama, the Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, and Kadokawa Daiei Studio.^[3] A home video version was released in 2000.^[3]

Music

The film’s score, composed by Japanese musician Haruomi Hosono, was ranked the 39th best score of all time by online music publication, Pitchfork.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Camp, Brian; Davis, Julie (2007). Anime Classics Zettai! 100 Must-See Japanese Animation Masterpieces. Berkeley, California: Stone Bridge Press. pp. 368–369. ISBN 978-1-933330-22-8.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Tateishi, Kazuhiro (2008). "The Tale of Genji in Postwar Film: Emperor, Aestheticism, and the Erotic". In Shirane, Haruo (ed.). Envisioning the Tale of Genji: Media, Gender, and Cultural Production. Columbia University Press. p. 323. ISBN 978-0-231-14236-6.
^ ^a ^b Constantakis, Sara, ed. (2016). A Study Guide for Lady Murasaki Shikibu's "The Tale of Genji". Cengage. ISBN 978-1-4144-7621-6.
^ "The 50 Best Film Scores of All Time". Pitchfork. February 21, 2019. Retrieved 2021-05-23.

External links

The Tale of Genji (1987 film) at The Internet Movie Database

[zettai-1] Camp, Brian; Davis, Julie (2007). Anime Classics Zettai! 100 Must-See Japanese Animation Masterpieces. Berkeley, California: Stone Bridge Press. pp. 368–369. ISBN 978-1-933330-22-8.

[Envisioning-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Tateishi, Kazuhiro (2008). "The Tale of Genji in Postwar Film: Emperor, Aestheticism, and the Erotic". In Shirane, Haruo (ed.). Envisioning the Tale of Genji: Media, Gender, and Cultural Production. Columbia University Press. p. 323. ISBN 978-0-231-14236-6.

[AStudyGuide-3] Constantakis, Sara, ed. (2016). A Study Guide for Lady Murasaki Shikibu's "The Tale of Genji". Cengage. ISBN 978-1-4144-7621-6.

[4] "The 50 Best Film Scores of All Time". Pitchfork. February 21, 2019. Retrieved 2021-05-23.

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