Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji

Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji (2001)


  • Genre: Drama, History
  • Release Date: 2001-12-15
  • User Rating: 6/10 from 6 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 23min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Tonkô Horikawa
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Summary

Set in 900AD and tells the story of a famous female writer of the time, Murasaki Shikibu. Her story begins from the death of her husband, a Japanese noble, then moves on to her recruitment to train the Prince's young 'wives in waiting'. It is dotted throughout and actually composed mainly of one of the fictional stories she wrote, the tale of Genji. Genji is a rich playboy who falls in love and has a son to his stepmother. He falls in love often and has many wives whom are all completely subservient to him.

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  • Sayuri Yoshinaga

    as Murasaki Shikibu
  • Yûki Amami

    as Hikaru Genji
  • Toru Kazama

    as
  • Morio Kazama

    as
  • Kyôko Kishida

    as
  • Naoto Takenaka

    as
  • Seiko Matsuda

    as
Writing Murasaki Shikibu Original Story
Directing Tonkô Horikawa Director
Writing Akira Hayasaka Screenplay
Camera Tatsuo Suzuki Director of Photography