The Tale of Genji (1951 film)

1951 Japanese 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

Daiei Film

Distributed by| Daiei Film

Release date

* 2 November 1951 (1951-11-2) (Japan)[1][2]

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

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* 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

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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

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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

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1. ^ a b c "源氏物語(1951)". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 July 2023.
2. ^ a b c "源氏物語". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 July 2023.
3. ^ 『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
4. ^ "Genji monogatari". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
5. ^ "Two Masters of Japanese Cinema: Kaneto Shindo & Kozaburo Yoshimura at BFI Southbank in June and July 2012" (PDF). Japan Foundation. Retrieved 18 July 2023.

## External links

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* The Tale of Genji at IMDb

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Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji

Characters|

* Aoi no Ue
* Lady Fujitsubo
* Hikaru Genji
* Kaoru Genji
* Kiritsubo Consort
* Lady Rokujō
* Murasaki no Ue
* Ukifune

Anime/manga|

* The Tale of Genji (1979)
* Genji Monogatari (c. 1989)
* Genji Monogatari Sennenki (2009)

Films|

* The Tale of Genji (1951)
* Sennen no Koi Story of Genji (2001)
* Genji Monogatari: Sennen no Nazo (2011)

Stage|

* Aoi no Ue
* The Diver
* Genji monogatari

Other|

* Genji Monogatari Emaki
* The Tale of Genji Museum
* Nise Murasaki Inaka Genji

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