Based on the ancient Japanese Tale of Genji. This film is 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 ...
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Title: Sennen no koi - Hikaru Genji monogatari (2001)
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Sayuri Yoshinaga | ... | Murasaki Shikibu |
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Yûki Amami | ... | Hikaru Genji |
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Tôru Kazama | ... | Tô no Chûjô |
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Morio Kazama | ... | Jûjôtei |
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Tsurutarô Kataoka | ... | Eshi - painter |
| Rino Katase | ... | Ôkisaki | |
| Kyôko Kishida | ... | Gen no Naishi no Suke | |
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Reiko Takashima | ... | Fujitsubo no Chûgû / Kiritsubo no Kôi |
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Keiko Takeshita | ... | Rokujô no Miyasundokoro |
| Naoto Takenaka | ... | Akashi no Nyûdô | |
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Yasunori Danta | ... | Fujiwara no Korenori (as Yasunori Danda) |
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Takako Tokiwa | ... | Murasaki no Ue |
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Shinobu Nakayama | ... | Aoi no Ue |
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Fumie Hosokawa | ... | Akashi no Kimi |
| Aki Maeda | ... | Kataiko | |
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Based on the ancient Japanese Tale of Genji. This film is 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. Genji is played by a woman actress from the all-female Takarazuka theatre. The two interrelating stories are also interrupted occasionally by fantasimical musical clips from a past Japanese teen-idol, Seiko Matsuda. Written by kwedgwood@hotmail.com
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playboy | actress playing male role | polygamy | submissive women | sex |Parents Guide:
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15 December 2001 (Japan) See more »Also Known As:
Genji: A Thousand-Year Love See more »Company Credits
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Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (ABC),Asahi Shimbun,DENTSU Music And Entertainment See more »
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Why does this movie includes SINGER'S PROMOTION VIDEO? Without Music Video Clips, I could have given 8 points instead of 6.
This Music Video kills tension without fail. Good acting, good story lines...then, suddenly STUPID (Lack of better words) Music Video cuts in.
Last scene should have been eliminated. The Shining Princess image was totally killed by this last scene. Besides make-up was cheap, thus, reality was totally killed.
Possibly Production needed money? Thus, Singer's promotion Video entered? It should have been released as Video Movie or TV special. It is really an insult to all actors. What a shame!!!