''The Tale of Genji'' is a 1987 animated adaptation of '' The Tale of Genji'', directed by

Gisaburō Sugii is a Japanese anime director and Nihonga artist. He is best known for his work as director of the ''Touch'' series, the movie adaptation of the '' Arashi no Yoru ni'' children's book series, and the movie ''Night on the Galactic Railroad''. He i ...

Plot

The movie adapts elements of the first third of ''The Tale of Genji'', depicting the life of

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 civi ...

in the Imperial Court of the

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 ...

Cast

Morio Kazama is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 2nd Yokohama Film Festival for '' Shiki Natsuko'' and ''Yūgure made'' and at the 6th and 7th Japan Academy Prizes. Filmography Films * '' Wanpaku Ōji no Orochi Taiji'' (19 ...

* Miwako Kaji as

Lady Rokujō is a fictional character in '' The Tale of Genji'' (''Genji Monogatari''). She is a mistress of the novel's protagonist, Hikaru Genji, with whom she becomes infatuated with and jealous of his other lovers. Her jealousy subconsciously causes her '' ...

* Fubuki Jun as Oborozukiyo (朧月夜) * Hagio Midori as Yugao * Yokoyama Megumi as

Lady Murasaki 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 ...

* Yazaki Shigeru as Koremitsu * Nozawa Nachi as Emperor Kiritsubo * Tokita Fujio as the Priest of Kitayama * Ohara Reiko as

Lady Fujitsubo is a fictional character in Murasaki Shikibu's '' The Tale of Genji'' (). Biography Daughter of a previous emperor and thus imperial princess, Fujitsubo enters the service of Kiritsubo Emperor at age 16, mainly because of her resemblance to the ...

(藤壺)

Production

The movie was directed by

. The character designer, key animator, and animation director was Yasuhiro Nakura. The movie was a joint production of Asahi Sonorama, the Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, and

Kadokawa Daiei Studio Kadokawa Daiei Studio, formerly is the film division of the Japanese company the Kadokawa Corporation. It is one of the four members of the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan (MPPAJ), and is therefore one of Japan's Big Four film studi ...

. A home video version was released in 2000.

Music

The film’s score, composed by Japanese musician

Haruomi Hosono , sometimes credited as Harry Hosono, is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is considered to be one of the most influential musicians in Japanese pop music history, credited with shaping the sound of Japanese pop f ...

, was ranked the 39th best score of all time by online music publication, ''

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References

External links

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