The Tale of Genji
Japanese name
Kanji源氏物語
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnGenji Monogatari
Directed byGisaburō Sugii
StarringMorio Kazama
Music byHaruomi Hosono
Production
company
Distributed byNippon Herald Films
Release date
  • December 19, 1987 (1987-12-19) (Japan)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

The Tale of Genji is a 1987 animated adaptation of The Tale of Genji, directed by Gisaburō Sugii.[1]

Plot

The movie adapts elements of the first third of The Tale of Genji, depicting the life of Hikaru Genji in the Imperial Court of the Heian period.[1]

Cast

Production

The movie was directed by Gisaburō Sugii.[1] The character designer, key animator, and animation director was Yasuhiro Nakura.[1] The movie was a joint production of Asahi Sonorama, the Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, and Kadokawa Daiei Studio.[3] A home video version was released in 2000.[3]

Music

The film’s score, composed by Japanese musician Haruomi Hosono, was ranked the 39th best score of all time by online music publication, Pitchfork.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Camp, Brian; Davis, Julie (2007). Anime Classics Zettai! 100 Must-See Japanese Animation Masterpieces. Berkeley, California: Stone Bridge Press. pp. 368–369. ISBN 978-1-933330-22-8.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Tateishi, Kazuhiro (2008). "The Tale of Genji in Postwar Film: Emperor, Aestheticism, and the Erotic". In Shirane, Haruo (ed.). Envisioning the Tale of Genji: Media, Gender, and Cultural Production. Columbia University Press. p. 323. ISBN 978-0-231-14236-6.
  3. 1 2 Constantakis, Sara, ed. (2016). A Study Guide for Lady Murasaki Shikibu's "The Tale of Genji". Cengage. ISBN 978-1-4144-7621-6.
  4. "The 50 Best Film Scores of All Time". Pitchfork. February 21, 2019. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
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