The Tale of Genji (1951 film)

The Tale of Genji (源氏物語) 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.

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.