Where to Watch Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji

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We've listed a number of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription alternatives - along with the availability of 'Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the fundamentals of how you can watch 'Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji' right now, here are some details about the Asahi Broadcasting Corporation drama flick.

Released , 'Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji' stars Sayuri Yoshinaga, Yuki Amami, Toru Kazama, Morio Kazama The movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 23 min, and received a user score of 60 (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from 6 top users.

Want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "Based on the ancient Japanese Tale of Genji. This film is 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. Genji is played by a woman actress from the all-female Takarazuka theatre. The two interrelating stories are also interrupted occasionally by fantasimical musical clips from a past Japanese teen-idol, Seiko Matsuda." .