"Genji Monogatari" focuses on the love and hate relationships surrounding Genji Hakaru. Lady Fujitsubo is Genji's first love. Ryokuzono Miyasutokoro is obsessed with Genji and eventually becomes a spirit. Yu Kao, who is from the lower class, give comfort to Genji's emotional wounds. Writer Murasaki Shikibu is jealous of Genji and is eventually ordered by Seime Abe to write a work ...
Costume
Heian-period layers so exquisite you'll weep for fast fashion.
Cinematography
Candles and moonlight that make darkness look edible.
Acting
Miki Nakatani's unraveling as Murasaki is devastatingly precise.
Director
Yasuo Tsuruhashi
Toma Ikuta
Hikaru Genji
Miki Nakatani
Murasaki Shikibu
Yoko Maki
Fujitsubo
Mikako Tabe
Ai no Ue
Rena Tanaka
Rokujo-no-Miya Sudokoro
Yosuke Kubozuka
Seimei Abe
Noriyuki Higashiyama
Fujiwara Michinaga
Shigeru Muroi
Kokiden Lady
Misako Renbutsu
Fujiwara no Shoshi
Takaaki Enoki
Kiritsubo Emperor
Masahiro Komoto
Yukinari Fujiwara
Yoshiko Sakuma
Omyobu
Sei Ashina
Yugao
Emiko Miyazaki
Yukari Okumura
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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