GENJI FANTASY ネコが光源氏に恋をした (2019)

Genji Fantasy: The Cat Fell in Love With Hikaru Genji

The Tale of Genji Museum in Uji City, Kyoto will be airing a short film blending history and fantasy, the story follows a modern high school girl named Hana who is transformed into a cat and transported back in time. She travels 1,000 years ago to the Heian Era as portrayed in The Tale Of Genji, arguably the most famous novel in Japanese literature. Guided by the novel's titular character Hikaru Genji, Hana experiences firsthand the emotions that the author Murasaki Shikibu depicted in her novel. The short features scenes based on The Diary of Lady Murasaki and other historical materials, such as the real-life noble Fujiwara no Michinaga swiping early drafts of The Tale Of Genji because he could not wait to read chapters as Murasaki wrote them.

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GENJI FANTASY ネコが光源氏に恋をした
GENJI FANTASY ネコが光源氏に恋をした

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Tomoaki Maeno
Tomoaki Maeno
as Hikaru Genji / Kouji (voice)
Mao Ichimichi
Mao Ichimichi
as Hana (voice)
Kikuko Inoue
Kikuko Inoue
as Murasaki Shikibu (voice)
Hisako Tojo
Hisako Tojo
as Empress Shōshi (voice)
Keiji Fujiwara
Keiji Fujiwara
as Fujiwara no Michinaga (voice)
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Haruka Sagawa
Haruka Sagawa
Character Designer
Rika Ota
Rika Ota
Director
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