Sennen no koi - Hikaru Genji monogatari

Sennen no koi - Hikaru Genji monogatari

🎞️ Movie 143 min JP
โ˜… 5.8 /10 2001

Based on the ancient Japanese Tale of Genji. This film is 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. Genji is played by a woman actress from the all-female Takarazuka theatre. The two interrelating stories are also interrupted occasionally by fantasimical musical clips from a past Japanese teen-idol, Seiko Matsuda.

Cast

Sayuri Yoshinaga
Sayuri Yoshinaga
Murasaki Shikibu
Yûki Amami
Yûki Amami
Hikaru Genji
๐Ÿ‘ค
Tôru Kazama
Tô no Chûjô
Morio Kazama
Morio Kazama
Jûjôtei
Tsurutarô Kataoka
Tsurutarô Kataoka
Eshi - painter
Rino Katase
Rino Katase
Ôkisaki
๐Ÿ‘ค
Kyôko Kishida
Gen no Naishi no Suke
Reiko Takashima
Reiko Takashima
Fujitsubo no Chûgû
Reiko Takashima
Reiko Takashima
Kiritsubo no Kôi
Keiko Takeshita
Keiko Takeshita
Rokujô no Miyasundokoro
Naoto Takenaka
Naoto Takenaka
Akashi no Nyûdô
๐Ÿ‘ค
Isao Tomita
Composer
Tatsuo Suzuki
Tatsuo Suzuki
Cinematographer