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Scene from the film.
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Directed by | Kōzaburō Yoshimura |
Produced by | Masaichi Nagata |
Written by |
Shikibu Murasaki Kaneto Shindo Junichirô Tanizaki |
Starring | Kazuo Hasegawa |
Music by | Akira Ifukube |
Cinematography | Kôhei Sugiyama |
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Running time
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121 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
The Tale of Genji (Japanese: 源氏物語, Genji monogatari) is a 1951 Japanese drama film directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura. It is based on the piece of Japanese literature of the same name. It was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.