The illustrated handscroll Tale of Genji [videorecording] /
Title on container: The tale of Genji
produced and distributed by Video Champ ; producer, Fukada Tsuneo ; director, Suzuki Tokio
- Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, 1993
- 1 videocassette (VHS) (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Camera, Ohta Fumio ; overall editorial supervision, Akiyama Terukazu ; music, Sugihara Yoko ; English version, Kitamura Mitsufumi, Yano Shinya ; English script, Margaret M. Kanada Camera, Ohta Fumio ; overall editorial supervision, Akiyama Terukazu ; music, Sugihara Yoko ; English version, Kitamura Mitsufumi, Yano Shinya ; English script, Margaret M. Kanada
Commentary, Tokugawa Yoshinobu ; narration, Beth A. Lischeron
Discusses Murasaki Shikibu's novel, relating it to world literature, tracing the plot through the panels of a series of illustrated handscrolls dating to the early 12th century. These fragments of the novel are now held in the Suntory Art Museum and considered national treasures