The Radiant Prince

The story

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

R Raizō IchikawaHikaru Genji H Hanayo SumiFujitsubo / Kiritsubo T Tamao NakamuraOborozukiyo A Ayako WakaoAoi no ue Y Yoshie MizutaniSuetsumuhana M Michiko TakanoMurasaki A Akiko HasegawaPrincess Akikonomu M Mitsuko MitoLady Kokiden Y Yasuko NakadaLady Rokujo K Keizō KawasakiTo no Chujo J Jun'ichirō NaritaEmperor Suzaku H Hajime MitamuraPrince Hyobu

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S Shirō ŌtsujiKoremitsu K Koreya SendaMinister of the Right M Michiko Ai R Reiko FujiwaraBen M Mayumi Kurata T Tokiko Mita Y Yōko Wakasugi K Kiyoko Hirai K Kuniko Miyake J Jukai IchikawaEmperor H Hiroko Fujikawa K Kimiko Tachibana I Ikuko Mōri R Rumiko Komachi H Hiroko Yamamoto S Sumao Ishihara O Osamu Maruyama T Tatsuo Hanabu J Jiro Tsuruga B Bonta Maru H Hajime Koshikawa A Akira Konami G Gen Kimura S Sōji Shibata Y Yoshiki Matsuoka K Kazuko Taniguchi K Kyōko Higashiyama