Film

The Radiant Prince

1961 · 1h 42m · Drama · Romance

IMDb

6.3

Hikaru Genji, the haunted romantic hero of Lady Murasaki Shikibu’s “Genji Monogatari” (Tale of Genji) comes to life in this new tale of his further romantic adventures. Young Genji, the emperor’s illegitimate son cuts a swath through the women of the imperial court, while still mourning the spirit of his late mother who died while he was still a child. Driven to an obsession with the emperor’s new concubine, Lady Fujitsubo, whose resemblance to his late mother originally caught the eye of the emperor, young Genji embarks upon a reckless affair with her that could cost him his life.

Raizō Ichikawa

Hikaru Genji

Hanayo Sumi

Fujitsubo / Kiritsubo

Tamao Nakamura

Oborozukiyo

Ayako Wakao

Aoi no ue

Yoshie Mizutani

Suetsumuhana

Michiko Takano

Murasaki

Akiko Hasegawa

Princess Akikonomu

Mitsuko Mito

Lady Kokiden

Yasuko Nakada

Lady Rokujo

Keizō Kawasaki

To no Chujo

Jun'ichirō Narita

Emperor Suzaku

Hajime Mitamura

Prince Hyobu

Shirō Ōtsuji

Koremitsu

Koreya Senda

Minister of the Right

Michiko Ai

Reiko Fujiwara

Ben

• Kazuo MoriDirector
• Fuji YahiroScreenplay
• Matsutarō KawaguchiNovel
• Masaichi NagataProducer
• Shozo HondaDirector of Photography
• Ichirō SaitōOriginal Music Composer
• Kōji TaniguchiEditor

Release date

October 14, 1961

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 42m

Genres

Drama, Romance

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