Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji

IMDb 5.4 2001 143 min DramaHistory

Director

Tonkô Horikawa

Country

JP

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Sayuri Yoshinaga
Sayuri Yoshinaga Murasaki Shikibu
Yuki Amami
Yuki Amami Hikaru Genji
Toru Kazama
Toru Kazama
Morio Kazama
Morio Kazama
Kyôko Kishida
Kyôko Kishida