Genji Monogatari

6.0

A studio drama version of a Kabuki adaptation of the series of the Tale of Genji written by Shuji Hojo for a radio drama. In the same year, it was also made into a movie, and the heroine's Ukifune was played by Fujiko…

Genji Monogatari

Tale of Genji

6.9

Genji, the son of the emperor, has gained renown among the nobility of Kyoto for his charm and good looks, yet he cannot stop himself from pursuing the one object of desire he must never obtain: his father's young…

The Tale of Genji

6.9

"Genji Monogatari" focuses on the love and hate relationships surrounding Hikaru Genji. Lady Fujitsubo is Genji's first love. Miyasutokoro Ryokuzono is obsessed with Genji and eventually becomes a spirit. Kao Yu, who…

Yamamura Misa Suspense: The Kyoto Tale of Genji Murder Picture Scroll

4.0

~~ Adapted from the story "Nise Daiya Satsujin Jiken" (偽ダイヤ殺人事件), within the novel "Osaka Kokusai Kuko Satsujin Jiken" (大阪国際空港殺人事件) by Yamamura Misa (山村美紗).

Genji: A Thousand Year Love

7.2

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…

The Radiant Princess

~~ Adapted from the novel "Shin Genji Monogatari" (新源氏物語) by Kawaguchi Matsutaro (川口松太郎).

Uchida Yasuo Suspense: Asami Mitsuhiko Series 2

~~ Adapted from the novel series "Murasaki no Onna Satsujin Jiken" (『紫の女』殺人事件) by Uchida Yasuo (内田康夫).

Mizuhashi Takami

Takami Mizuhashi was born in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for The Firefly (2001), Tôku no sora (2010) and Sennen no koi - Hikaru Genji monogatari (2001).

Horikawa Tonko

Horikawa Tonko was a Japanese TV drama director, producer, and movie director from Nakanojo Town, Agatsuma District, Gunma Prefecture. His wife is screenwriter Takagi Rin. He studied at the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Letters. In 1958, he won the Ginkgo Namiki Award for his novel "Suna no Toei".…

Sugiyama Kohei

Sugiyama Kohei was a Japanese cameraman born in Hamamatsu Town, Hamana District, Shizuoka Prefecture. After serving as a cameraman for Mizoguchi Kenji's "Genroku Chushingura" from the end of 1941 to 1942, he became the chief engineer of Manchukuo Film Association. At the same association, he was a cameraman…

Ichikawa Danjuro XIII

Ichikawa Danjuro XIII is a Japanese actor. He is the eleventh and current holder of the Ebizo name. He is a famous Kabuki, television and film actor and heir to the prestigious Ichikawa clan of kabuki actors. The son of Ichikawa Danjuro XII, he was born in Tokyo and began his career at the age of six…

Koda Hiroko

Joined the NHK Tokyo Broadcasting Company in 1953 and worked as an actress on stage and on the air. Appeared in the 1976 serial television novel "Unno Juttan". She also won the Minister of Education Award and the Prix Italia Grand Prize for the music poetry "Ondine" ( composed by Akira Miyoshi ), starring…

Hojo Hideji

Proceed to the preparatory course of Osaka Municipal Kosei Commercial School (currently Osaka Municipal Tennoji Commercial High School ). He joined Nippon Electric Power in 1920 without advancing to the main course of the school . While working at the company, graduated from Kansai University's Department…

Okada Mariko

Okada Mariko is a Japanese actress. She was married to film director Yoshida Yoshishige, until his death in 2022. Her father was the noted silent film actor Okada Tokihiko, who before his early death (the year following his daughter's birth) starred in Ozu Yasujiro's Tokyo Chorus (1931). As an adult,…

Nanao Reiko

She was a student at Tokyo Prefectural third higher girls' school (now Tokyo Metropolitan Komaba High School) in 1942 and joined NHK Tokyo Broadcasting System troupe after graduation. She played an active role as a voice actress in the radio drama "Kimi no Naha" in 1956. After that, she was been active…

Hosokawa Chikako

Hosokawa Chikako was a Japanese actress born in Uchisaiwai, Kojimachi, Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Koran Women's School and joined Osanai Kaoru’s Tsukiji Little Theater in 1925, making her stage debut in "Kakujin Kakusetsu". In 1929, at age 23, she left the theater to help form the Shinjuku Theater…

Horikita Yukio

Horikita Yukio was a Japanese actor.

First Love Story

2.0

~~ Adapted from the novel by Keita Genji.

Haru no Sanmyaku

After graduating from high school in Tokyo, Tomoko returns to her hometown. She wants to find a job there, to help her mother and younger brother. Due to the fate, immediately after her arrival, she manages to find…