Novels On Screen 14: The Tale Of Genji
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English - August 18, 2018 08:10 - 40 minutes - 55.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingTV & Film Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Mark & Sarah face their biggest challenge yet with an 11th century Japanese piece of literature which is said to be the first ever novel.
The Tale of Genji is difficult to follow even in the origianl Japanese so the film chosen is 'Genji monogatari: Sennen no nazo' from 2011. A Japanese adaptation of the book which also adds in elements about the writing of the original novel.
All hope of pronouncing names correctly go out of the window and Sarah also gets some exciting news about her favourite film 'The Name of The Rose'
The Genji in the film we watched was played by Tôma Ikuta
The female Genji in a different film from 2001 was played by Yûki Amami