Movie: The Tale of Genji: A Thousand Year Enigma

Top 10 Billed Cast

Toma Ikuta
生田斗真

Hikaru Genji

Miki Nakatani
中谷美紀

Murasaki Shikibu

Yoko Maki
真木よう子

Fujitsubo

Mikako Tabe
多部未華子

Ai no Ue

Rena Tanaka
田中麗奈

Rokujo-no-Miya Sudokoro

Yosuke Kubozuka
窪塚洋介

Seimei Abe

Noriyuki Higashiyama
東山紀之

Fujiwara Michinaga

Shigeru Muroi
室井滋

Kokiden Lady

Misako Renbutsu
蓮佛美沙子

Fujiwara no Shoshi

Takaaki Enoki
榎木孝明

Kiritsubo Emperor

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    源氏物語 千年の謎

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    "Genji Monogatari" focuses on the love and hate relationships surrounding Genji Hakaru. Lady Fujitsubo is Genji's first love. Ryokuzono Miyasutokoro is obsessed with Genji and eventually becomes a spirit. Yu Kao, who is from the lower class, give comfort to Genji's emotional wounds. Writer Murasaki Shikibu is jealous of Genji and is eventually ordered by Seime Abe to write a work ...

  • Release Date

    2011-12-10

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    6.625

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    日本語
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