Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji

Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji

2001
2h 23m
5.4

5.4/10

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Drama History
Overview

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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Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies
Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Keywords

japan jidaigeki historical romance heian period

Quick Facts

Original Title 千年の恋 ひかる源氏物語
Release Date December 15, 2001
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt0316566

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

Key Crew

Tonkô Horikawa
Director
Akira Hayasaka
Screenplay
Keita Senoo
Producer
Riuko Tominaga
Producer
Junichi Kimura
Producer
Nobuyuki Tohya
Producer
Hiroshi Furukawa
Producer
依田正和
Producer