The Tale of Genji (1951 film) explained

The Tale of Genji
Director:	Kōzaburō Yoshimura
Producer:	Masaichi Nagata
Starring:	Kazuo Hasegawa
Music:	Akira Ifukube
Cinematography:	Kōhei Sugiyama
Studio:	Daiei Film
Distributor:	Daiei Film
Runtime:	124 minutes
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese
Gross:	^[1]

is a 1951 Japanese drama film directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura. It is based on the early 11th century novel of the same name.

Cast

• 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

The Tale of Genji was released in Japan on 2 November 1951 and shown in competition at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.^[2]

Legacy

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.^[3]

Notes and References

1. 『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
2. Web site: Genji monogatari . 18 July 2023 . Festival de Cannes.
3. Web site: Two Masters of Japanese Cinema: Kaneto Shindo & Kozaburo Yoshimura at BFI Southbank in June and July 2012 . Japan Foundation . 18 July 2023.