Film
Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
Japan- Director
- Tonkô Horikawa
- Year
- 2001
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.
Top cast
Directed by
Tonkô Horikawa
Written by
Akira Hayasaka
Produced by
Keita Senoo, Riuko Tominaga, Junichi Kimura, Nobuyuki Tohya
