NET Playhouse The Tale of Genji, Part 3 (Season 2, Episode 3)
TV Episode | Biography, Drama, History

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The Tale of Genji, Part 3 (Season 2, Episode 3)

TV Episode | Biography, Drama, History

Part 3. Genji's true love Fujitsubo becomes pregnant and refuses to see him again. For consolation, the Prince turns to the Empress's flirtatious sister Misty Moon, and soon finds himself in a deadly political intrigue.

Writer

Shikibu Murasaki

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Edit Released

Updated Sep 22, 1967

Release date

Sep 22, 1967 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 4 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
6 cast members

Name	Known for
Manami Fuji Murasaki Murasaki See fewer	Scar Yosaburo (1960)
Chieko Higashiyama Narrator Narrator See fewer	Tokyo Story (1953)
Jûzô Itami Genji (as Ichizo Itami) Genji (as Ichizo Itami) See fewer	Tampopo (1985)
Michiyo Kogure Kokiden Kokiden See fewer	The Blue Mountains: Part I (1949)
Akiko Koyama Fujitsubo Fujitsubo See fewer	Boy (1969)
Satomi Oka Aoi Aoi See fewer	Miyamoto Musashi (1961)