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The Tale of Genji

5.5 average rating
5.5
Japanese / 124 MIN. / 1951

The Genres

The Synopsis

Genji, the illegitimate offspring of a Japanese potentate, goes by the philosophy of "love 'em and leave 'em" as a matter of course. Only when his heart is broken by Awaji does Genji realizes how much pain he himself has caused.

The Cast

Kazuo HasegawaDenjirō ŌkōchiMichiyo KogureMitsuko MitoMachiko KyōNobuko OtowaYūji HoriYumiko HasegawaChieko SōmaYuriko HanabusaChieko HigashiyamaKōtarō BandōIchirō SugaiEitarō ShindōOsamu TakizawaDaisuke KatōTaiji TonoyamaHisako Takihana

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