The Tale of Genji (源氏物語, Genji Monogatari) is a 1951 Japanese drama film directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura. It is based on the early 11th century piece of Japanese literature of the same name. It was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
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Directed by | Kōzaburō Yoshimura |
Written by | Shikibu Murasaki Kaneto Shindo Jun'ichirō Tanizaki |
Produced by | Masaichi Nagata |
Starring | Kazuo Hasegawa |
Cinematography | Kôhei Sugiyama |
Music by | Akira Ifukube |
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Running time | 121 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Box office | ¥141.05 million[1] |
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