Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji

Name: Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
Director: Tonkô Horikawa
Released: 2001
Duration: 143 min
Rating: 5.8
Cast: Sayuri Yoshinaga, Yûki Amami, Tôru Kazama, Morio Kazama, Tsurutarô Kataoka

2001 · 143 MIN · IMDB 5.8 · 193 VOTES · DIR. Tonkô Horikawa

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Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,227 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:00 A THAUSEND YEAR LOVE Hikaru Genji Monogatari

00:04:18 Is this woman...

00:07:42 Prepare!

00:13:19 He must have been mortified.

00:17:07 What Mikado does not like is a woman who makes him bored.

00:22:15 She is your new mother.

00:28:05 Because I had done things I shouldn't have done.

00:34:49 When Genji became 12 years old, there was a Genpuku Ceremony

00:39:26 What?

00:45:29 What a beautiful girl she is!

00:51:01 moved to Ise Province, far away from Kyoto.

00:56:43 Fujitsubo-No-Okata, where are you?

01:01:53 Oboro-Zukiyo...

01:07:36 Speaking of his late mother for example

01:14:45 When Night is Falling

01:21:04 To feel affection, and to love someone

01:28:14 We did it!

01:32:40 I cannot call you that.

01:41:25 Please understand, Murasaki-No-Ue.

01:47:45 She is a Moon Princess.

01:55:00 I build this fabulous mansion for you. What more do you want?

02:00:04 Genji-sama...

02:05:26 I'm home now.

02:12:26 Look!

Cast & Characters

Sayuri Yoshinaga Murasaki Shikibu Yûki Amami Hikaru Genji Tôru Kazama Tô no Chûjô Morio Kazama Jûjôtei Tsurutarô Kataoka Eshi - painter Rino Katase Ôkisaki Kyôko Kishida Gen no Naishi no Suke Reiko Takashima Fujitsubo no Chûgû Reiko Takashima Kiritsubo no Kôi Keiko Takeshita Rokujô no Miyasundokoro Naoto Takenaka Akashi no Nyûdô

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,227

Dialogue density8.6 lines / min

First line00:00:00

Final line02:12:26

Production Record

DirectorTonkô Horikawa

LanguageJapanese

IMDb votes193