Genji Fantasy: The Cat Fell in Love With Hikaru Genji (2019)
Genji Fantasy: The Cat Fell in Love With Hikaru Genji (2019)
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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Cast

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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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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Details

Genres: Comedy, Family, Animation, History, Fantasy

Language: 日本語

Release Date: 02 April 2019

Country: JP

Runtime: 20m

Company Credits

Company: NHK Planet Co., Ltd., Kinki Branch, LIDENFILMS

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Cast

Tomoaki Maeno

Tomoaki Maeno

Hikaru Genji / Kouji (voice)

Mao Ichimichi

Mao Ichimichi

Hana (voice)

Kikuko Inoue

Kikuko Inoue

Murasaki Shikibu (voice)

Hisako Tojo

Hisako Tojo

Empress Shōshi (voice)

Keiji Fujiwara

Keiji Fujiwara

Fujiwara no Michinaga (voice)

Directed By

Rika Ota

Rika Ota

Director

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Visual Effects

Haruka Sagawa

Haruka Sagawa

Character Designer

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