Drama History
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
Ken Watanabe
Takako Tokiwa
Sayuri Yoshinaga
Murasaki Shikibu
Shinobu Nakayama
Naoto Takenaka
Kyôko Kishida
Toru Kazama
Yuki Amami
Hikaru Genji
Reiko Takashima
Seiko Matsuda
Machiko Washio
Rino Katase
Aki Maeda
Morio Kazama
Hiroyuki Kinoshita
Yasunori Danta
Keiko Takeshita
Taro Yamamoto
Yoko Minamino
Shigeru Kōyama
Tsurutaro Kataoka
Mitsuko Mori
Takeshi Katō
Fumie Hosokawa
Satoshi Hashimoto
Hirotaro Honda
Junkichi Orimoto
Kazuyo Asari
Takami Mizuhashi
Taeko Hattori
Tadahiko Hirano
Ichiro Shinjitsu

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