The Radiant Prince
- Released on
- Runtime
- 102 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Raizō Ichikawa
- Hanayo Sumi
- Tamao Nakamura
- Ayako Wakao
- Yoshie Mizutani
- Michiko Takano
- Akiko Hasegawa
- Mitsuko Mito
- Yasuko Nakada
- Keizō Kawasaki
- Jun'ichirō Narita
- Hajime Mitamura
- Shirō Ōtsuji
- Koreya Senda
- Michiko Ai
- Reiko Fujiwara
- Mayumi Kurata
- Tokiko Mita
- Yōko Wakasugi
- Kiyoko Hirai
- Kuniko Miyake
- Jukai Ichikawa
Director
- Kazuo Mori
Producers
- Masaichi Nagata
Screenwriter
- Fuji Yahiro
