title: The Tale of Genji (1951 film)
text: # The Tale of Genji (1951 film)
  
  The Tale of Genji (源氏物語, Genji Monogatari) is a 1951 Japanese drama film directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura. It is based on the early 11th century novel of the same name.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Kazuo Hasegawa as Hikaru Genji
  * Michiyo Kogure as Fujitsubo
  * Machiko Kyō as Awaji no ue
  * Nobuko Otowa as Murasaki no ue
  * Mitsuko Mito as Aoi no ue
  * Yuji Hori as Yoshinari
  * Denjirō Ōkōchi as Takuma nyudo
  * Chieko Soma as Kiritsubo
  * Yumiko Hasegawa as Oborozukiyo no kimi
  * Chieko Higashiyama as Kobiden
  * Osamu Takizawa as Kiritsubo gomon
  * Kentaro Honma as Kashira
  * Yuriko Hanabusa as Kiritsubo's mother
  * Hisako Takihana as Nun
  * Taiji Tonoyama as Priest
  
  ## Release
  
  The Tale of Genji was released in Japan on 2 November 1951 and shown in competition at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.
  
  ## Legacy
  
  The Tale of Genji was screened at a 2012 retrospective on Kaneto Shindō and Kōzaburō Yoshimura in London, organised by the British Film Institute and the Japan Foundation.
  
  