45 minSeason 1 • Episode 48
LatestMurasaki Shikibu (Yoshitaka Yuriko), the heroine of this story, wrote the bestseller 'The Tale of Genji,' transcending a thousand years during the Heian period. She weaves the story of Hikaru Genji, fueled by her love for Fujiwara no Michinaga (Emoto Tasuku), with her hidden passion and incomparable imagination. It is a tale of a woman who lived with unchanging love in an ever-changing world. (From TV JAPAN)
Production
Exquisite Heian-period sets and costumes you can practically smell.
Acting
Yoshitaka's restrained performance speaks volumes in silence.
Creator
Oishi Suzuka
Yuriko Yoshitaka
Murasaki Shikibu | Mahiro
Tasuku Emoto
Fujiwara no Michinaga
Goro Kishitani
Fujiwara no Tametoki
Ryoko Kuninaka
Chiyaha
Mahiro Takasugi
Fujiwara no Nobunori
Yasunori Danta
Fujiwara no Kaneie
Kotono Mitsuishi
Tokihime
Arata Iura
Fujiwara no Michitaka
Reo Tamaoki
Fujiwara no Michikane
Yoh Yoshida
Fujiwara no Akiko
Yuka Itaya
Takashina no Takako
First Summer Uika
Sei Shōnagon
Yusuke Santamaria
Abe no Haruakira
Haru Kuroki
Minamoto no Tomoko
Kumi Takiuchi
Minamoto no Akiko
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Heian period produced the world's first novel—written by a woman, about women's inner lives, largely ignored by male historians for centuries.
The real Murasaki Shikibu likely served at court specifically to observe Michinaga's household—her 'imagination' was dangerously close journalism.
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