Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji

Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji

Movie 2001-12-15 2h 23m Drama History
★ 5.9 / 10 · 8 votes

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.

Status
Released
Released
2001-12-15
Runtime
2h 23m
Studio
Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
Links
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Awards

Nominated for 1 Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Award

Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role 1 nominated

  • 2002 Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Nominated Sayuri Yoshinaga

Award data from Wikidata (CC0). Coverage may be incomplete.

Director
Tonkô Horikawa
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 Takako Tokiwa Takako Tokiwa Ken Watanabe Ken Watanabe Reiko Takashima Reiko Takashima Rino Katase Rino Katase Mitsuko Mori Mitsuko Mori
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