新源氏物语
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新源氏物語
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Shin Genji monogatari
director:
Kazuo Mori
playwright:
Fuji Yahiro
actor:
Raizō Ichikawa
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Hanayo Sumi
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Tamao Nakamura
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Ayako Wakao
genre:
Drama
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Romance
region:
Japan
language:
Japanese
length: 1h 42m
release date: 1961-10-14
IMDb: tt0256385
新源氏物語
overview
Hikaru Genji, the haunted romantic hero of Lady Murasaki Shikibu’s “Genji Monogatari” (Tale of Genji) comes to life in this new tale of his further romantic adventures. Young Genji, the emperor’s illegitimate son cuts a swath through the women of the imperial court, while still mourning the spirit of his late mother who died while he was still a child. Driven to an obsession with the emperor’s new concubine, Lady Fujitsubo, whose resemblance to his late mother originally caught the eye of the emperor, young Genji embarks upon a reckless affair with her that could cost him his life.