The Tale of Genji (1951 film)
# The Tale of Genji (1951 film)

The Tale of Genji (源氏物語, Genji Monogatari) is a 1951 Japanese drama film directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura. It is based on the early 11th century novel of the same name.

## Cast

* Kazuo Hasegawa as Hikaru Genji
* Michiyo Kogure as Fujitsubo
* Machiko Kyō as Awaji no ue
* Nobuko Otowa as Murasaki no ue
* Mitsuko Mito as Aoi no ue
* Yuji Hori as Yoshinari
* Denjirō Ōkōchi as Takuma nyudo
* Chieko Soma as Kiritsubo
* Yumiko Hasegawa as Oborozukiyo no kimi
* Chieko Higashiyama as Kobiden
* Osamu Takizawa as Kiritsubo gomon
* Kentaro Honma as Kashira
* Yuriko Hanabusa as Kiritsubo's mother
* Hisako Takihana as Nun
* Taiji Tonoyama as Priest

## Release

The Tale of Genji was released in Japan on 2 November 1951 and shown in competition at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.

## Legacy

The Tale of Genji was screened at a 2012 retrospective on Kaneto Shindō and Kōzaburō Yoshimura in London, organised by the British Film Institute and the Japan Foundation.

