is a 2001 Japanese film loosely based on the classical work of

Heian-period The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. It followed the Nara period, beginning when the 50th emperor, Emperor Kanmu, moved the capital of Japan to Heian-kyō (modern Kyoto). means "peace" in Japanese. ...

Japanese literature, '' The Tale of Genji'', directed by Tonkō Horikawa and written by Akira Hayasaka.

Cast

* Sayuri Yoshinaga as

Murasaki Shikibu was a Japanese novelist, poet and lady-in-waiting at the Imperial court in the Heian period. She is best known as the author of '' The Tale of Genji,'' widely considered to be one of the world's first novels, written in Japanese between abou ...

* Yūki Amami as

Hikaru Genji is the protagonist of Murasaki Shikibu's important Heian-era Japanese novel '' The Tale of Genji''. The story describes him as a superbly handsome man and a genius. Genji is the second son of a Japanese emperor, but he is relegated to civilia ...

* Haruma Miura * Reiko Takashima *

Hirotarō Honda is a Japanese actor from MIto, Ibaraki Prefecture. He started his acting career at the Bungakuza Theatre Company's acting school. His first film appearance was in the Nikkatsu Roman Porno film ''Sei to Ai no Korider'' in 1977. Filmography Fil ...

* Junkichi Orimoto as Kakuzen *

Ken Watanabe is a Japanese actor. To English-speaking audiences, he is known for playing tragic hero characters, such as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi in '' Letters from Iwo Jima'' and Lord Katsumoto Moritsugu in ''The Last Samurai'', for which he was nomi ...

as Fujiwara no Michinaga *

Mitsuko Mori , real name , was a Japanese actress. Background In May 2009, she became the first actor in Japan to have performed the stage play 2,000 times. She was born in Kyoto, Japan. On May 11, 2009, Takeo Kawamura announced that Mori would be awarded t ...

Awards

* The Japanese Academy Award for "Best Art Direction" - Yoshinobu Nishioka (2002)

References

External links

* 2001 films Works based on The Tale of Genji Films based on Japanese novels Films set in feudal Japan Films with screenplays by Akira Hayasaka Films scored by Isao Tomita 2000s Japanese films {{2000s-Japan-film-stub