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Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
2001, Dec 15
2h 23m
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.
Directed by
Tonkô Horikawa
Toru Kazama
Yûki Amami
Hikaru Genji
Naoto Takenaka
Kyôko Kishida
Sayuri Yoshinaga
Murasaki Shikibu
Morio Kazama
Seiko Matsuda
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