Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji

Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji

2001 ja 143 minutes

Rating: 5.429

Plot

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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Cast

Sayuri Yoshinaga

Sayuri Yoshinaga

Murasaki Shikibu

Yuki Amami

Yuki Amami

Hikaru Genji

Toru Kazama

Toru Kazama

Morio Kazama

Morio Kazama

Kyôko Kishida

Kyôko Kishida

Naoto Takenaka

Naoto Takenaka

Seiko Matsuda

Seiko Matsuda

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