logologo
MovieVerse© 2024
Privacy PolicyTerms of ServiceContact Us
Made with ❤️ by Thathsara
movie poster
The Tale of Genji: A Thousand Year Enigma
Sign in to create your own watchlist

The Tale of Genji: A Thousand Year Enigma

Dec 10, 2011
2h 17m
★ 6.6

Overview

"Genji Monogatari" focuses on the love and hate relationships surrounding Genji Hakaru. Lady Fujitsubo is Genji's first love. Ryokuzono Miyasutokoro is obsessed with Genji and eventually becomes a spirit. Yu Kao, who is from the lower class, give comfort to Genji's emotional wounds. Writer Murasaki Shikibu is jealous of Genji and is eventually ordered by Seime Abe to write a work ...

Genres

Fantasy
Drama

Production Companies

KADOKAWA
TOHO

The Tale of Genji: A Thousand Year Enigma Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Toma Ikuta

Hikaru Genji

Toma Ikuta

Miki Nakatani

Murasaki Shikibu

Miki Nakatani

Yoko Maki

Fujitsubo

Yoko Maki

Mikako Tabe

Ai no Ue

Mikako Tabe

Rena Tanaka

Rokujo-no-Miya Sudokoro

Rena Tanaka

Yosuke Kubozuka

Seimei Abe

Yosuke Kubozuka

Noriyuki Higashiyama

Fujiwara Michinaga

Noriyuki Higashiyama

Shigeru Muroi

Kokiden Lady

Shigeru Muroi

Misako Renbutsu

Fujiwara no Shoshi

Misako Renbutsu

Takaaki Enoki

Kiritsubo Emperor

Takaaki Enoki

Masahiro Komoto

Yukinari Fujiwara

Masahiro Komoto

Yoshiko Sakuma

Omyobu

Yoshiko Sakuma

You may also like

Bonobono: Secret of the Kumomo Tree
4.5

Bonobono: Secret of the Kumomo Tree

Aug 10, 2002

Bonobono: Kumomo no Ki no Koto was the second theatrical Bonobono movie, released by Amuse Pictures in theaters in Japan on August 10, 2002. It was done completely in 3D.

Sword of the Beast
7.4

Sword of the Beast

Sep 18, 1965

Legendary swordplay filmmaker Hideo Gosha's Sword of the Beast chronicles the flight of the low-level swordsman Gennosuke, who kills one of his ministers as part of a reform plot. His former comrades then turn on him, and this betrayal so shakes his sense of honor that he decides to live in the wild, like an animal. There he joins up with a motley group who are illegally mining the shogun’s gold, and, with the aid of another swordsman, gets a chance not just at survival but to recover his name and honor.

Gedo
5.3

Gedo

Apr 4, 2000

East meets West as the Japanese Yakuza battle drug lords and the LAPD in the streets of Los Angeles...

The 47 Ronin
6.9

The 47 Ronin

Dec 8, 1941

In 1701, Lord Takuminokami Asano has a feud with Lord Kira and he tries to kill Kira in the corridors of the Shogun's palace. The Shogun sentences Lord Asano to commit suppuku and deprives the palace and lands from his clan, but does not punish Lord Kira. Lord Asano's vassals leave the land and his samurais become ronin and want to seek revenge against the dishonor of their Lord. But their leader Kuranosuke Oishi asks the Shogun to restore the Asano clan with his brother Daigaku Asano. One year later, the Shogun refuses his request and Oishi and forty-six ronin revenge their Lord.

Taira Clan Saga
6.8

Taira Clan Saga

Sep 21, 1955

Japan, 1137. The Taira family, a samurai clan, becomes involved in the disputes between Emperor Toba and the monks of Mount Hiei.

Miss Oyu
7.2

Miss Oyu

Jun 22, 1951

Shinnosuke is introduced to Shizu as a prospective marriage partner, but he falls in love with her widowed sister Oyu. Convention forbids Oyu to marry because she has to raise her son as the head of her husband's family. Oyu convinces Shinnosuke and Shizu to marry so that she can remain close to Shinnosuke.

No Image Available
0.0

The Unruly Ronin's Journey

Oct 31, 1991

A ronin named Azami Onijuro travels the Nikko Highway, he is being followed by the bounty hunter Daihachi and Yukata Danzen. He is pursued by his past as a covert spy under Lord Matsudaira. Due to certain circumstances, Onijuro betrayed him and became a wandering ronin. Ever since, he's been hunted by Matsudaira's subordinates and bounty hunters. After saving the tough and fiery woman Omom from yakuza trouble, Onijuro and his companions head to Akame-shuku (inn town). Here, a conflict brews between the Tsurugame family led by Genroku and the lawless monk group led by Tetsuzan, a former sumo wrestler gone rogue. Onijuro sides with Tetsuzan, while Daihachi and Danzen side with Genroku. This intricate web of allegiances and confrontations unfolds against the backdrop of the bustling post-town.

Daikichi Konomura
0.0

Daikichi Konomura

Sep 1, 1954

A samurai is struggling to make ends meet at the end of the Edo period. He has students and, among other things, teaches them about the evils of the government. A member of the yakuza thugs has fallen in love with the samurai's daughter and conspires to report the father to the authorities in order to snatch the girl. The samurai's daughter has a boyfriend who hides the father and daughter from the thug.

Sound of the Mountain
7.3

Sound of the Mountain

Jan 15, 1954

An ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely slights her for another woman.

True Love
7.0

True Love

Jan 9, 2006

Natsumi which has been moved to a deceased mother's family in Izu, to change schools to the same high school as the cousin, driven into lacrosse. But one day, you know the father and his secret.

The Lawyer of Shimane
7.0

The Lawyer of Shimane

Jul 14, 2007

The story is set in the Shimane Prefecture, which supposedly has the fewest lawyers in all of Japan. Nakama plays the role of the hard-working and righteous Yamazaki Mizuho, who travels around by bicycle to help her clients.

Oda Nobunaga
7.0

Oda Nobunaga

Mar 25, 1998

The show follows the early years of Japanese warlord hero Oda Nobunaga in the 16th century. As a young man Oda was not seen as the right heir to the Oda clan, but through a masterful political marriage arranged by his father, Oda Nobunaga not only gained influence, he also became the Daimyo who joined the three imperial counties to unite Japan.

Chûshingura
7.2

Chûshingura

Nov 3, 1962

After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.

Outrage
6.9

Outrage

Jun 12, 2010

When a tough yakuza gangster is betrayed by his bosses, it means all out war. Bodies pile up as he takes out everyone in his way to the top in a brutal quest for revenge.

Night on the Galactic Railroad
7.2

Night on the Galactic Railroad

Jul 13, 1985

Giovanni currently lives a dreary life of near non-stop work. At school, his peers ridicule him incessantly, and his employer at work is distant and cold. As his isolation from society becomes unbearable, he suddenly finds himself on a train heading far away from his miserable home. Accompanied by Campanella, an acquaintance from school, Giovanni embarks on a journey that will define the rest of his life.

The Refugee
0.0

The Refugee

May 3, 1955

A Chinese medical student named Gan Shosho finds himself cut off from his homeland as he is studying in Japan during the outbreak of the war. Despite his difficult circumstances, he finds love in the form of Sachiko and the two marry. They later travel to Nanjing to live a new life together where Sachiko and Shaochang cooperate with the Japanese-backed government. Their ultimate hope is to secure peace but their idealism is not enough to keep them together through brutal times and with the end of the war the two find themselves facing a divorce... --Osaka Asian Film Festival

Broken Swords
7.7

Broken Swords

May 30, 1969

The tragic, yet exciting story of the friendship between Nakayama Yasubei, a member of the 47 Ronin, and Tange Tenzen, a relative by marriage of the vile Lord Kira.

Young Lord Yakuza
8.3

Young Lord Yakuza

Jun 11, 1961

Young Lord Taihei goes to Edo to find the lost family treasure, a plover incense burner, under the disguise of a ronin.

Tenchu!
6.9

Tenchu!

Aug 9, 1969

A ronin desperately seeks a way out of financial straits; he allies with the Tosa clan under the ruthless leader Takechi, who quickly takes advantage.

Suzaku
7.3

Suzaku

Nov 1, 1997

Depicts the life of a family in a remote Japanese timber village. Family head Tahara Kozo lives with his mother Sachiko, wife Yasuyo, nephew Eisuke and young daughter Michiru. Economic recession and failed development plans cause tragedy in the family.