24 Dec 2005
Strange Circus
The erotic novelist Taeko is writing a morbid story of a family destroyed by incest, murder and abuse. Her assistant, Yuji, sets on a mission to uncover the reality of this story, but the reality might be too much to bear.
The Tale of Genji: A Thousand Year Enigma
"Genji Monogatari" focuses on the love and hate relationships surrounding Genji Hakaru. Lady Fujitsubo is Genji's first love. Ryokuzono Miyasutokoro is obsessed with Genji and eventually becomes a spirit. Yu Kao, who is from the lower class, give comfort to Genji's emotional wounds. Writer Murasaki Shikibu is jealous of Genji and is eventually ordered by Seime Abe to write a work ...
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生田斗真 Hikaru Genji
中谷美紀 Murasaki Shikibu
真木よう子 Fujitsubo
多部未華子 Ai no Ue
田中麗奈 Rokujo-no-Miya Sudokoro
窪塚洋介 Seimei Abe
東山紀之 Fujiwara Michinaga
室井滋 Kokiden Lady
蓮佛美沙子 Fujiwara no Shoshi
榎木孝明 Kiritsubo Emperor
甲本雅裕 Yukinari Fujiwara
佐久間良子 Omyobu
芦名星 Yugao
Emiko Miyazaki 
Yukari Okumura
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