The Tale of Genji (1951)
Genji, the illegitimate offspring of a Japanese potentate, goes by the philosophy of "love 'em and leave 'em" as a matter of course. Only when his heart is broken by Awaji does Genji realizes how much pain he himself has caused.
Released: Jun 11, 1951
Runtime: 124 minutes
Genre: Drama
Stars: Kazuo Hasegawa, Denjirō Ōkōchi, Michiyo Kogure, Mitsuko Mito, Machiko Kyō, Nobuko Otowa
Crew: Kōzaburō Yoshimura (Director), Masao Ôsumi (Sound Recordist), Masaichi Nagata (Executive Producer), Hiroshi Mizutani (Art Direction), Kōhei Sugiyama (Director of Photography), Akira Ifukube (Original Music Composer)