Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
Set in 900AD and tells the story of a famous female writer of the time, Murasaki Shikibu. Her story begins from the death of her husband, a Japanese noble, then moves on to her recruitment to train the Prince's young 'wives in waiting'. It is dotted throughout and actually composed mainly of one of the fictional stories she wrote, the tale of Genji. Genji is a rich playboy who falls in love and has a son to his stepmother. He falls in love often and has many wives whom are all completely subservient to him.
Director: Tonkô Horikawa
Cast
Sayuri Yoshinaga
Murasaki Shikibu
Yuki Amami
Hikaru Genji
Toru Kazama
Morio Kazama
Kyôko Kishida
Naoto Takenaka
Seiko Matsuda
Takako Tokiwa
Ken Watanabe
Reiko Takashima
Rino Katase
Mitsuko Mori
