"A THAUSEND YEAR LOVE Hikaru Genji Monogatari" "Am I dreaming?" "Yume ka?" "Am I awake?" "Utsutsu ka?" "Am I seeing an illusion?" "Maboroshi ka?" "What's happening in life is temporary." "We committed sin." "You are telling me to kill myself?" "...Fujitsubo" " Purple Court" "Sister, this is awful." "You must stop writing this kind of story." "Why do you say so, Korenori?" "Just because it's about Adultery with the Empress..." "Yes." "On top of it, this Hikaru Genji is a son of Mikado." "Mikado=Emperor" "Sister, you shall be killed... if you continue to write such a story," "Not only you, but our father and myself, too!" "We'll be wiped out." "Stop it." "Korenori, stop it." "Why..." "I started... writing a story that scared my brother this much..." "I now tell you the reason." "I was born in Kyoto, a daughter of Fujiwara Tametoki, a scholar serving the Palace." "Murasaki, you look so happy." "Sister, you don't know anything, do you?" "Echizen is a lonely place." "At night, it's really dark." "You can't even read books." "Really?" "You can read books at least." "My father, Tametoki was abruptly appointed Governor of Echizen." "He was on his way to Fukui Province." "And of course, we, the children should go along with him." "My mother passed away a long time ago." "At Echizen shore," "A ship from Song drifted to the shore," "Many books were found there." "I see." "You've been looking forward to them." "You are really a bookworm." "It's worthy to mention that Echizen produces fabulous papers." "I feel excited." "I got married." "My husband is a distant relative of the Fujiwara Family, living in Kyoto." "I wrote stories and sent them to Kyoto very often." "Possibly he found me very unusually interesting." "His proposal came to me just like a sudden gust of wind." "My father became very enthusiastic about a daughter who was above the marrying age." "Moreover, Nobutaka-sama was a superior to my father." "Is this woman... going to accept the marriage?" "Or not?" "..." "Are you happy to see your father?" "My husband, Nobutaka is a KIZOKU, a noble of Miyako." "As a result, I went back to Kyoto." "I started living in the nearby mansion to his residence." "My husband already had a wife." "He goes back to her mansion at night." "The Noblemen in Kyoto were allowed to have many wives, in addition to their official ones." "I wonder where my servant is." "I'm so sorry and humbly ask your forgiveness." "I was not aware..." "Well then..." "Dear..." "What is it?" "I am pregnant." "What?" "I am carrying your child." "Oh... you did a fine job." "I hope you will bear a boy." "Are you still leaving...?" "The baby was a girl..." "He named her "Kataiko "" "Nobutaka-sama hasn't come to my mansion since." "Thus, I went back to Echizen where my father resides." "I came to welcome you." "Do you understand?" "Your mother is not so great as a woman..." "She is very clever." "I shall be one of the Council members soon." "Sa... n... gi" "Do you understand?" "It's a very close position to Dajyo-Daijin" "You know what?" "I can make you serve directly to Mikado." "If lucky," "If Mikado makes sexual advances to you," "And if luck brings more luck," "If you give birth to a boy," "He will be the prince." "And then to the next Mikado." "I, as a grandfather to Mikado," "I can rule Kyoto." "Kataiko" "What a lovely child..." "What a beautiful child..." "But to make sure Mikado loves you," "You must learn a poem." "You must be a storyteller of beautiful stories." "Your mother knows all I had mentioned." "That's why I came here." "There!" "There they are!" "Prepare!" "Kataiko!" "Don't be intimidated." "Run!" "Kataiko..." "Retreat!" "Kataiko!" "Are you alright?" "So you are alright." "Nobutaka-dono..." "Nobutaka-dono!" "Nobutaka-dono." "Kataiko, you are not hurt?" "Where is your father?" "Nobutaka-sama!" "Nobutaka-dono!" "Dear!" "You must not touch him." "He is already dead." "My dear!" "No!" "We must rush to inform his death to his wife in Kyoto." "But look, the cut is still bleeding." "It's only his wife who can bury her husband." "You must not touch him no matter what." "Yes, you are right." "A Thousand-Year Love" " Sen Nen No Koi Hikaru Genji Monogatari" "Five years had passed." "I was summoned by Fujiwara Michinaga-sama, Sadaijin, a government minister of the Left." "It's been a long time since I visited Kyoto last." "Look!" "That's Murasaki Shikibu that everyone is talking about." "Just a daughter of a governor of a province..." "What a promotion..." "You beat me again." "How do you like it now?" "What a noble aroma..." "I love this softness..." "Your guest has arrived." "Thank you for coming." "Enter." "I am Michinaga." "I've been summoned..." "Daughter of Echizen no Kami, Tametoki," "My name is Murasaki Shikibu." "No need to be formal." "Come, Come closer." "You should follow his order immediately." "What's the matter?" "Is there something on my face?" "Excuse my saying so..." "You resemble my late husband a lot..." "Oh... you mean Nobutaka..." "Nobutaka is a cousin, so you find a resemblance." "Nobutaka..." "He died after he became a Sangi, the Council member." "He must have been mortified." "Women, all out of the room!" "This is my daughter, Shoushi." "Will you take care of her?" "Shoushi will be married to Mikado." "I want you to make her a fabulous woman that Mikado falls in love with." "Do you understand?" "I wonder if I am fit for such a task." "I understand you have a remarkable literary talent." "I've read stories you've just started writing." "It was interesting." "You over prized me." "I was not aware that you've read my stories." "What was the title..." "The Story of Echizen?" "..." "No, it's Genji Monogatari" "Is that it?" "Yes, it is, isn't it?" "My cousin, Nobutaka, he was really correct in finding you." "To the South..." "There is a mansion of my brother." "Do you know the place?" "Yes." "It's Michitaka-sama's residence." "My brother, Michitaka has a daughter, named Teishi." "They, too... raise their daughter to be married to Mikado." "We must not be beaten." "They have hired, Seishou Nagon, another talented poet." "She is brushing up Teishi-sama." "Seishou Nagon..." "You cannot lose to her." "In Spring, Haru wa" "It has to be the dawn." "Akebono." "Things gradually grow pale." "The sky above the mountain tops becomes light, and wisps of purplish clouds trail over them." "In Spring, it has to be the dawn." "When the East side of the mountain becomes brighter," "You shall find a real natural beauty." "In Summer," "Isn't the most beautiful thing the only one?" "Mikado has so many women." "If you don't want him to go to other women," "Please... and remarkably, come up with beautiful words..." "When the Moon shows up in the sky," "Mikado comes back to his residence." "All women Mikado had selected," "They must think hard to make sure Mikado comes to visit them." "How?" "What Mikado does not like is a woman who makes him bored." "Boring woman?" "Is she yearning often?" "No." "The woman who makes Mikado yearn is a boring woman." "Unless you understand, you cannot fulfil your duty." "Fulfil my duty?" "Every day, you must make sure that Mikado comes to your room." "And you conceive Mikado's child as soon as possible." "That's your official duty, Teishi-sama." "Your guest has arrived." "Today, to make Shoushi-sama into a beautiful maiden, like Kaguya-Hime, I brought some books." "Beautiful..." "Shoushi-sama..." "Who do you think is the ideal man?" "The ideal man?" "Who will he be?" "The man we dream of... is this type..." "Hikaru Genji..." "The Prince Genji, is indeed in natural capacities a "Shining " Prince, is the handsome and charismatic prince." "Waka-Miya!" "Waka-Miya..." "Hikaru Genji-sama is born to a minor consort... of Mikado..." "Mikado's child?" "Hikaru Genji-sama is a son of Mikado, so a prince." "His mother was a lesser lady of the court, and his mother died early." "The son who has no push by his mother is weak." "Hikaru Genji-sama, let his brother Koyo-Denka sit on the throne." "And pledged to serve under him." "And he became a commoner." "Am I dreaming?" "Am I awake?" "Am I seeing an illusion?" "What's happening in life is temporary." "Whatever he does, he does it so skillfully." "When Hikaru Genji-sama passes by," "Very sensual and arousing smell of Hikaru Genji makes women crazy." "Is he real?" "Yes, he is." "This is a real story." "Shoushi-sama..." "But only a little..." "Shall I reveal Hikaru Genji-sama's real life?" "Hikaru Genji-sama's real mother was... a beautiful woman." "After Kiritsubo-sama's death," "Mikado welcomed a new wife, who looked just like Kiritsubo-sama." "Her name is Fujitsubo-sama Fujitsubo Consort, Purple Court" "Hikaru" "She is your new mother." "If you stare at me like this, I feel as if I were melting." "What a beautiful child..." "Hikaru Genji-sama was seeing a new mother with his departed mother in her." "After holding Genpuku Ceremony, becoming an adult," "Hikaru Genji-sama could not meet Fujitsubo-sama, his stepmother." "The longer the distance, the harder the difficulty;" "Hikaru Genji-sama's strong affection toward her had grown more." "Which grows into passionate affection..." "He was waiting for his mother's official visit to her birthplace." "I... can no longer..." "No, you cannot." "I know that you know how I feel about you." "Why are you doing this sinful thing?" "You are crying into tears..." "Please shed your tears, not to me, but to other women." "Are you telling me... that you don't love me?" "You've shown affection to me..." "Is that a lie?" "I cannot say." "I shouldn't say." "Please close your eyes." "No, you cannot." "You should think it a fate already made before we were born..." "We committed sin." "I had already committed sin long time ago." "Every time I saw Hikaru-No-Kimi-sama," "I committed sin in my mind." "It's the same." "Every time I see you," "I was thinking about kissing you if there is a chance." "Eh?" "A good laughter..." "Those who commit sin always laugh a lot." "I pledged to the Moon." "If I cannot make love tonight," "I will kill myself." "I feel..." "I am so happy and I could die any moment." "When can I see you next?" "This is the last time." "No!" "No, this is the last time." "With his own mother, though she is his stepmother?" "All men came out of mother's wombs." "Mother is a birthplace of men." "Men travel back to their birthplaces." "Birthplaces..." "Fujitusbo-sama..." "I feel pain..." "Possessed by Mononoke" "I deserve to feel pain." "Because I had done things I shouldn't have done." "Fujitsubo-sama" "Are you..." "Are you by any chance..." "What a..." "Congratulations!" "A child inside is..." "Hikaru Genji-sama's child?" "I think so." "Because she conceived this baby when she was at her birthplace." "What can she do?" "!" "But nobody can tell when a woman got pregnant." "We can call it Hikaru Genji-sama's baby, if we want to." "Or we can call it Mikado's baby." "And it sounds about right." "It's a boy." "He takes after Mikado very much." "Look!" "Well done!" "We guess the scent which Hime Princess wear." "I won't lose this." "This smell is..." "Kurobou, isn't it?" "No, Who will she be?" "I've never sensed this smell before." "That's her smell." "What's the matter, Genji?" "The only one intercourse with his mother..." "Thus, it has made Genji-sama fall into agony of love." "On top of it," "He might be a father to her child." "That makes Hikaru Genji feel depressed." "I was more beautiful when I was young." "Love toward his mother makes him feel affections to older women." "He advanced Lady Rokujyo-Miyasudokoro-sama, who was 8 years older than he is." "I wish I had met you when I was younger." "She was an obsessive woman." "I must apologize that My Lady cannot see you off." "You are beautiful." "What is your name?" "Chujyo-No-Kimi" "Chujyo..." "You might think I have too many hearts..." "You are exceptionally beautiful." "I shall be expecting your next visit." "I'm afraid that" "I don't understand how a man feels." "A man just loves to possess anything beautiful." "I wish Hikaru Genji-sama marries someone soon." "He already has a wife." "eh?" "He has a wife?" "Wait, Hikaru Genji!" "When Genji became 12 years old, there was a Genpuku Ceremony for him as he became an adult." "And he married" "Genji-No-Kimi" "Be kind to Aoi-No-Ue, my sister." "To-No-Chujyo is a good friend of Hikaru Genji" "He comes from a noble family who is Sadaijin." "This is my sister." "This is Genji-No-Kimi." "How do you do?" "A daughter of Sadaijin, the Minister of the Left, raised as an Empress candidate," "Aoi-No-Ue is beautiful, and her family is noble," "But like a beautiful Pottery pot from Kourai, Korea," "She is lacking in showing her emotions to him." "Will you wait, Genji-sama?" "Aoi-No-Ue-sama is now..." "Now that I am here, why don't you show yourself?" "Hikaru-sama" "I am carrying your baby." "Is that so?" "So, you became pregnant..." "just by touching you once..." "It seems impossible..." "I thought it was impossible, too." "I'm sorry that I said impossible." "Just like Kaguya-Hime," "Suddenly a baby came into my belly from the sky, I feel." "Is that so?" "Then this baby is Kaguya-Hime." "No, it's not." "It isn't?" "Hikaru-sama and somebody else's baby jumped into my belly." "Me and whose child, do you think it is?" "Rokujyo-Miyasudokoro-sama's feelings are very scary and deep." "Because she tortured Aoi, Hikaru Genji-sama's wife, and eventually killed her." "She was killed?" "Remember this very clearly." "A woman's jealousy turns into an evil spirit." "I won't allow anyone to have him." "Nomaku samanda bodanan San Saku sowaka." "Save Aoi-No-Ue now!" "Pray hard!" "Pray more!" "Pray quickly!" "There is a baby inside Aoi-No-Ue." "We must save her quickly!" "Dear!" "Move away!" "Aoi-No-Ue..." "Pull yourself up." "What?" "What do you want to say?" "What is it that you want to say?" "Take my baby out quickly." "What?" "Take my baby out!" "This voice is..." "It's not Aoi-No-Ue's voice." "It's I." "No." "It's her." "I want to be a priest." "I want to serve Hotoke." "No!" "Ageha!" "Wait!" "I can't take it any more." "Ageha!" "I am not a ball of Kemari." "In this town, Kyoto, there are many IKIRYOU, the spirit of a living, wandering around." "Every day..." "Every night..." "Please cast me a spell..." "Mononoke" "Take me with you!" "To a place where we can be free." "I want to meet you..." "Let's go there dancing." "Let's go there, singing." "Before Shoushi-sama, Teishi-sama, married to Mikado." "She was given the position of second queen or Chugu." "What is going on?" "Shoushi-sama is still 12 years old." "12 is old enough." "Shoushi will be married to Mikado." "Listen!" "She must assume the position of Chugu." "She must not be behind Teishi." "Don't be so hasty." "Prepare my clothes!" "To Shoushi-sama, who has not reached physical maturity," "How can she accept a man..." "To teach techniques to her is... very painful..." "I want to listen to Hikaru Genji-sama's story." "Hikaru Genji-sama met one day, a girl who looks like Fujitsubo-sama." "Genji-sama, thinking about becoming a priest, came to a village full of beautiful Kitayama Cedar Trees." "Come!" "Come here." "Come here." "Chun, Chun!" "She is playing with sparrows." "Come here." "This way." "Chun, Chun..." "What a beautiful girl she is!" "Come here." "Chun, Chun, Chun Chun Chun." "This way..." "Come here." "Come here." "I'm sure she was playing right here." "Murasaki-No-Ue!" "A girl vanished!" "Find her!" "Murasaki-No-Ue-sama!" "Murasaki-No-Ue!" "Spirited away-child?" "Murasaki-No-Ue..." "She is a lovely child." "Hikaru Genji-sama took Murasaki-No-Ue back home." "And from that day they started living together, sleeping together..." "By adopting a low-class girl," "And making her his wife," "It shall be a big happiness to this little girl." "So thought Hikaru Genji-sama." "But... high-ranked men often think the same way." "Nothing to be scared of." "Leave everything to me." "Think that you are floating on top of the clouds." "Can you feel the wind?" "It's a gentle breeze." "Hikaru Genji-sama has decided to make Murasaki-No-Ue an ideal woman" "What kind of a woman is Hikaru Genji-sama's favorite woman?" "A woman a man prefers is... in short, a woman who is useful to a man." "Useful?" "But... only men and women" "They make love..." "then they can conceive children." "A man's need..." "A woman's need..." "They must find a common ground to settle down." "Hikaru Genji," "Is it true that you had slept with that beautiful woman?" "She is staring only at you." "Look!" "Then, the Prince sitting there must be your..." "Mikado knows about it." "I wonder if Mikado summoned Sanmi to judge us..." "What's the matter?" "The wheel!" "It's that woman..." "How long must her curse stay with me?" "!" "Rokujyo-Miyasudokoro-sama, to cut her feelings about Genji-sama, moved to Ise Province, far away from Kyoto." "After running away from the most passionate love of Miyasudokoro-sama," "Genji-sama spent every day making love to women." "Just like this flower," "You bloom only this night." "Hikaru Genji-sama's fantasy of love never stopped." "Hikaru-sama!" "Unless you make love to Genno-Naishino-Suke," "You cannot claim that you had enough women." "Do you want me to call you auntie?" "Young women..." "they are temporal." "I am the top form of a woman." "The ultimate mature woman." "Come..." "I will teach you..." "Are you awake?" "It's already dawn." "Please make love to me during the night." "My name is Suetsumu-Hana, you can find me from this scent." "The Saffron-Flower" "Please go home now." "I won't see you any more." "Just remember me..." "Utsusemi!" "The Shell of the Cicada" "I was born to play..." "A dreadful destiny was waiting for Genji-No-Kimi." "A dreadful destiny?" "That's what he had asked for..." "From Takamaga Hara, the higher heavenly plain" "From Asuka," "Miyako, the capital is here." "Mikado is myself." "The person residing at Jujyo is Mikado." "Kiritsubo-Tei, Hikaru Genji-sama's father, had given his position to Jujyo-sama, the elder son." "This new Jujyo-Tei, Mikado has a different mother to Genji-sama," "He ranks elder to Genji-sama." "Mikado!" "Congratulations." "I am not so healthy." "I must decide who my heir is." "I wish you decide the Empress fast, and conceive a child." "I pray from the heart." "I don't think I can give children to a woman." "Mikado..." "Please don't ever say that." "This is Prince of Kazuki." "My youngest brother." "Mikado..." "By all means, please bear your own child." "Please, have your own child." "I wonder if the prince Kazuki is my son or not." "I must meet Fujitsubo-No-Okata and find out the truth." "Fujitsubo-No-Okata, where are you?" "Fujitsubo-sama!" "Who are you?" "I am Oboro-Zukiyo, serving Mikado The Night Of Misty Moon In Spring" "So you are Oboro-Zukiyo." "Just like your name suggests, you are beautiful." "Come away from the Fuji Trees." "Fujitsubo-sama is right over there." "No, I was looking for you." "I have a big favor to ask you." "A favor?" "My feelings for you..." "Accept it, please." "What is this heat..." "I found you very beautiful when I first saw you nearby Mikado." "To Lady Fujitsubo-sama, you are about to come..." "On the contrary,..." "Just to look for you," "I came to this labyrinth-like Palace." "Please..." "Please dim the moonlight." "Is this going to be alright?" "eh?" "Oboro-Zukiyo-sama is Mikado's possession." "You are right." "I feel scared..." "scared about men." "Shoushi-sama, you must not be scared." "Please think that a woman is much stronger than a man." "Really?" "Yes." "Remember that women bear children." "A baby does not come out from a man." "I see." "But a man uses right here." "What happens if Oboro-Zukiyo bears a boy?" "Eh?" "Mikado will become happy about having his own son." "And make him the next Mikado." "I don't understand well." "Rather than deceiving his father," "To cheat his brother is much easier, he must have thought." "It's already dawn." "I hope this room is full of fans." "I hope so, too." "I'll be back." "What are you doing?" "Don't you realize that you are Udaijin, the Minister of the Right?" "Taikou-sama," "Please listen to my story by all means." "I must reveal our family's shame." "I went to Oboro-Zukiyo's room this morning." "Oboro-Zukiyo..." "Mikado's concubine..." "I burst into her room," "I just wanted to check the rumor." "Uncle..." "Udaijin-sama..." "I came to cheer you up as I heard you were having a fever." "You still have a fever." "Yes" "This sash..." "This is a man's sash, isn't it?" "Let me take a look." "I will check it." "It's my sash." "It's you..." "Mikado, Taikou-sama had conceived..." "The woman, Mikado loves..." "How could you advance to her?" "It's Fornication that can shock the whole country." "You are right." "Yes, that is correct." "Udaijin, I won't allow this." "I will expel Hikaru Genji from Kyoto." "The time coincides with the first anniversary of the former Emperor's death." "She will serve the Buddha." "She shall be a nun." "Is this because of Taikou's intention?" "Yes, it must be." "To cut my powers..." "To cut black hair means... to end the life as a woman." "No longer a woman..." "Murasaki-No-Ue..." "Murasaki-No-Ue!" "Help!" "Murasaki-No-Ue!" "It was a dream..." "I'm so relieved." "What seems to be the trouble?" "Murasaki-No-Ue turned out to be a beautiful woman at Hikaru Genji-sama's residence." "Her breasts grew," "Her skin shone like silk." "Whenever Hikaru Genji-sama made love to her," "She responded by making a pigeon-like voice." "And I must mention that she grew up to be the ideal woman of Genji-No-Kimi." "Murasaki-No-Ue..." "Listen very carefully." "I leave for self-imposed exile." "Exile?" "You don't know what's happening outside." "The mother of the current Emperor, Taikou, hates me." "Taikou-sama..." "Genji thinks our family, Udaijin and Mikado-sama are lower than him." "Speaking of his late mother for example," "She looks down upon me." "In court, there is a movement to expel me." "Expel you?" "There is only one way out." "Before they move, I get out of Kyoto." "I understand." "All I must do is to follow you." "Is that it?" "No." "I am the only one who flees from Kyoto." "I will come with you no matter how lonely  scary a place it shall be." "Please don't leave me here." "Please understand, Murasaki-No-Ue." "Please understand." "Father..." "From now," "I shall leave Kyoto." "When will I next see Kyoto's lights?" "Farewell!" "You promised that you wouldn't leave me alone." "I shall be waiting for your return." "What can I do to him?" "Koremitsu!" "Are you alright?" "Hikaru-sama!" "I'll hold it." "You nail it down fast." "I will try." "That corner, too." "That one, too." "Hand it to me quickly." "Run, Koremitsu!" "Run to the back!" "Koremitsu!" "Koremitsu!" "The Heaven is angry with you!" "Hikaru Genji must be killed." "You betrayed your father!" "You betrayed your brother!" "You ruined my reputation." "The man at the shore..." "Rejoice, Shoushi!" "You can now join Mikado's Palace." "Congratulations." "You shall be with Mikado." "But Teishi is already inside." "Mikado favors Teishi day and night." "In Summer, it is the night." "I need not write of the nights lit by the moon, but of the moonless nights, the fireflies' lights crossing in the darkness." "Well done." "How about Autumn?" "We must find ways to attract Mikado to Shoushi's mansion." "Never lose to Teishi." "When Night is Falling," "Not to feel any remorse," "Not to weep..." "Time just passes..." "That man..." "I don't know who is knocking at the door." "If I open the door," "I'll have regrets later." "There!" "There it is!" "There!" "It's very difficult to believe..." "But I received a message in my dream." "A message in your dream?" "Yes." "The Storm is coming." "Definitely coming." "Prepare a ship." "When the rain and the wind stop," "Sail to Suma-No-Ura." "There you shall find a noble person waiting." "Is it alright to follow him?" "He is a priest from Akashi." "He is the wealthiest man around here." "And... eh?" "He has a very beautiful daughter." "Have you seen her?" "No, I only heard about it." "Men like me won't have that opportunity." "Please come on board." "Marvelous..." "Thank you very much." "Do you like her?" "What a beauty..." "Is that your daughter?" "Yes." "I don't understand," "Why Hikaru Genji-sama is attracted to other women, when in fact, he has Murasaki-No-Ue, his most favorite ideal woman." "I don't understand." "You are right." "May I come in?" "Mikado..." "I was lured by your happy voices." "I was telling her a story." "I see. it's you, who is writing an interesting story of Genji Monogatari." "You over-prized me." "May I hear it..." "What kind of story is it?" "It's very difficult to summarize, but..." "To feel affection and To love someone... it's similar, and in fact very similar, but they are different indeed." "To feel affection, and to love someone is similar but different?" "It sounds interesting." "Yes." "They differ just like a man differs from a woman." "Just like a man differs from a woman?" "Very interesting." "Do you have any experiences?" "Our family rank is so far away." "It's sad to tell you that I cannot be your wife." "You shall be going back to Kyoto soon." "Then, I'll take you with me." "I won't let you go." "Genji-dono!" "Hikaru-No-Kimi!" "Thank you for coming all the way here." "Without you, Kyoto is a lonely town." "I wonder if Murasaki-No-Ue is fine." "I heard about it." "What about?" "Akashi-No-Kimi, that's what." "Who told you that?" "It's Taikou." "Taikou sent many spies." "Taikou?" "!" "The news is already delivered to Murasaki-No-Ue, at Nijyo Mansion." "I see." "That's why she gave me this letter." "Around that time, at the court, something was about to happen." "Father!" "Father!" "What's giving you pain like that?" "Hikaru..." "He said Hikaru Genji-sama." "Because you slept with my brother!" "No!" "No!" "You... slept with my brother..." "Mononoke!" "What is this omen?" "!" "Mikado-sama's eyes..." "You robbed Mikado's eyes!" "Nomaku samanda bodanan San Saku sowaka." "Mikado!" "Mother!" "Open your eyes." "I can see nothing." "I feel pain." "What has possessed him?" "I feel pain." "It's Hikaru Genji-dono!" "I am a messenger from Kyoto." "What..." "What does it say?" "Come back to Kyoto, Kyoto Bird." "We did it!" "Mikado is ill," "They want me to come back to Kyoto for the next Mikado." "Then, Hikaru Genji-sama becomes Mikado?" "Silence." "Don't talk too loud." "I have stepped down to my brother's servant." "The next Mikado shall be..." "Kazuki-No-Moji, Fujitsubo-No-Miya conceived." "That's correct." "The only person who can represent Kazuki-No-Ouji is none other than myself." "Isn't the Prince your child, by any chance?" "Never ever say such a thing!" "Princess!" "Rejoice!" "I brought Hikaru Genji-sama along." "I must go back to Kyoto." "I will build a mansion." "I promise that I will come back again to welcome you and our child." "Will you really?" "Definitely." "I will come back here." "I feel so happy." "Well done." "Very well done." "That's right!" "But I wonder Murasaki-No-Ue-sama approves of this..." "Hikaru Genji-sama finally returns to Kyoto." "He's really back!" "Hikaru-No-Kimi!" "I'm back." "I am back." "Welcome back!" "I am finally back." "I've been lonely without you." "I'm sorry." "I won't let you be alone, I promise." "Really?" "If that is true, I shall be the happiest woman in Kyoto." "Of course it's true." "Come, Murasaki." "Look!" "Look at this beautiful capital that'll never lose to any other countries'" "I shall become indispensable in this town." "Murasaki," "This entire town becomes ours." "Why are you shivering?" "Aren't you happy?" "Can I bear a child?" "Hikaru Genji..." "Yes." "Mikado!" "Call me your brother instead of Mikado." "I cannot call you that." "You, as my brother, I have a favor to ask." "As you see, I am very sick." "I want Tougu, my brother, to sit on the throne." "Summon Tougu." "He looks a lot like you now." "What are you saying?" "You take the throne and call yourself Reirou-Tei." "Yes." "Hikaru Genji." "Support this young Reirou-Tei." "Thank you very much for your offer." "Here comes the Imperial Messengers." "Greeting!" "I shall step up higher than this." "I will have my own daughter who later becomes the Empress." "Pull yourself together!" "The Birth Of The Princess!" "Well done!" "Very well done." "Send the messenger to Kyoto." "Messenger to Kyoto!" "Along side of Rokujyo-Ouji," "We shall build the towns of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter." "Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter." "What are you going to do building towns of 4 seasons, Genji?" "We plant flowers suitable to each town." "Flowers?" "You mean 4 princesses?" "Yes, my flowers." "It's a surprise." "Instead of visiting, like Mikado, you gather them all." "Around there, in the town of Spring" "My official wife, Murasaki-No-Ue shall reside." "Hanachirusato-sama The Village of Falling Flowers" "Tamakazura-sama The Jeweled Chaplet" "Akikonomu-Chugu-sama" "I wonder how Murasaki-No-Ue-sama feels." "She is surrounded by many women." "If I were here, I can't take it." "Shoushi-sama..." "In this world, you cannot own Love by yourself." "Even though you want to," "You shouldn't." "Between men and women," "Jealousy kills people." "So we must endure..." "That's all we can do." "Yes." "This Town of Winter, there is no one living here." "Because it's Winter, there is no flower." "I would like to welcome Akashi-No-Kimi here." "Akashi-No-Kimi?" "Please understand, Murasaki-No-Ue." "Akashi-No-Kimi gave birth to the princess." "The Princess?" "I heard the Princess is exceptionally beautiful." "She is my princess." "Congratulations." "Do you feel joy with me?" "If you feel joy," "Why do you think I feel sad?" "Is that so?" "I'm so relieved." "Then, I can go to Akashi to welcome them." "Yes." "You shall become a good mother to her?" "Will Murasaki-No-Ue-sama accept Genji-No" " Kimi's proposal?" "Must she accept his proposal?" "What would you do, if you were her, Shoushi?" "If I were her,..." "I say no." "That's a problem." "Murasaki Shikibu, what's going to happen?" "Well..." "I have also been wondering." "She is lovely." "That is Murasaki-No-Ue sure enough." "Murasaki-No-Ue might not be able to conceive a child." "What a poor woman..." "It is lamentable for those women who have flaws in having babies" "However," "Nursing a child is also a woman's job comparable with bearing a child." "Nursing children is much more significant than giving birth to a baby" "I want to deliver this milk to Kyoto." "Why didn't you go to Kyoto if you feel this much pain." "Kyoto is a scary place." "Among beautiful and virtuous women," "I don't think I can live there." "I am sure that I had given you comparable manners, education and the like with women in Kyoto." "I'm just scared." "Listen." "You must realize that you throw your child into a group of tigers." "A group of Tigers?" "That's right." "Your daughter shall be killed." "Why must I?" "It was great." "I had a good time." "I spent another long time here, today." "Mikado!" "Shoushi-sama wants to tell you about the night story." "I see." "I'll come back tonight to listen to the Tale of Genji, the Night Edition." "Full Moon Night..." "Kaguya-Hime..." "She came from the Moon" "She is a Moon Princess." "What a lovely story..." "She conceived." "Finally Shoushi got pregnant." "She conceived Mikado's child!" "This Road..." "Someone can walk here..." "It is you who can do so..." "I, too... want to see a man" "You'll meet him, instead." "Is there a light toward the end of the road?" "Or will it be the flower garden instead?" "The baby is moving." "Yes, indeed." "Shoushi-sama..." "You are beautiful." "It's remarkable that you have made Shoushi into that beauty." "I will show my respect to you again." "Mikado really loves Shoushi-sama." "I must extend my congratulations to you." "Shoushi is still not mature enough." "Please take care of her." "No." "I would like to make it an end as of today." "I would also like to finish my story." "I like you very much." "Please stay with me for ever." "Please stop." "Why?" "Nigawa-No-Tsuki" "I am just like a full moon." "I have everything I want." "Sooner or later the moon's appearance changes..." "I felt scared by finding myself falling into love with Michinaga-sama." "Oh, she is beautiful." "Murasaki-No-Ue, you have raised her well." "Princess, rejoice!" "You shall be wed to Mikado." "What good news!" "It's the greatest honor and privilege." "Please invite Akashi-No-Kimi, her birth mother." "I want to show the Princess to her mother." "What an admirable woman you are!" "What a great feeling!" "Tamakazura-sama, please stop now." "I heard you had seen Tamakazura-sama's flesh in the Summer Mansion." "Ukon is too talkative." "I hope you are not jealous about Tamakazura." "No, I'm not jealous." "I just endure a lot." "Endure a lot?" "I build this fabulous mansion for you." "What more do you want?" "Welcome back." "I understand you very well." "About what?" "About love a man thinks..." "What about it?" "I don't want to talk about it." "Say it!" "You must say it!" "What love does a man think?" "!" "A love that a man thinks is... in short, just canoodling." "Just canoodling?" "!" "No!" "That's not all." "Wait!" "Murasaki-No-Ue." "Murasaki-No-Ue!" "Murasaki-No-Ue had never felt peace of mind after this incident." "I was summoned by Mikado himself" "He wants me to marry Onna-San-No-Miya." "I owe him." "So I had to accept his offer." "As she is her daughter, I must make her my official wife." "As your official wife?" "Of course, my real wife is you." "I know that." "Onna-San-No-Miya is a little girl." "So I must ask you to educate her." "After I raised the Princess of Akashi," "Now I must raise Onna San-No-Miya this time." "Where did all Hi-Goi carps go?" "Yes." "There should be two or three left." "What?" "Did you eat them?" "How can I eat them?" "I let them go." "You let all Hi-Goi carps go?" "You take a great pride in these Hi-Goi carps." "Why?" "I felt pity." "What do you mean by pity?" "We built a water pipe line from the Hie Mountain," "And we feed them well," "And everyone gives applause to their shapes." "Why do you show them pity?" "!" "It's my wrong doings to let them go." "Say it." "Why?" "I felt those women gathered here at Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter mansions resemble carps in the pond." "Resemble the carps?" "Though they wear beautiful clothes," "They eat luxurious food," "I thought swimming in the Mountain Pond and the town river might be the most utmost happiness to them." "So I let them go." "Genji-sama..." "I wish to leave this mansion as soon as the Princess of Akashi weds the Mikado." "Leaving this mansion?" "No!" "I won't allow it, Murasaki-No-Ue." "How about me going into the way of Buddha?" "No!" "No!" "No!" "You're my ideal wife!" "Don't leave me!" "It's beautiful." "I heard that it's a gift to Mikado." "I put my mind and soul into it." "We will show this painting to Mikado." "Yes." "I'm sure that you shall be a good wife to him." "A woman who refuses shall be destroyed." "A woman who refuses shall be expelled." "From beautiful Kyoto, wearing 12 Hitoe" "She makes a poem under Cherry trees," "She wanted to smile there." "The sad time when you were born as a woman," "My small ship..." "Where will it go?" "Nobody knows about it." "Why don't you accept my feelings?" "I always admire your talent in literature." "Now that Shoushi-sama wed to Mikado," "I would like to go back to my hometown, Fukui Province." "So you go to Fukui..." "As long as you are in Kyoto, you have all the luxuries you want." "I will go back to the hometown." "You're the first who refused my offer." "Why?" "Tell me..." "Someday..." "I would like to see you again." "There!" "There it is!" "Mother!" "Welcome back." "I'm home." "Welcome back." "What happened to your Gyusha?" "Ox Cart" "I feel better when I am walking." "You haven't changed a bit." "Kataiko, I can be with you." "Sister, you intend to live here?" "Yes." "I would love to live here." "Welcome back!" "I'm home." "Welcome back!" "I'm home now." "Welcome back!" "Michinaga-sama..." "Now that I came back here," "I feel the lives in Kyoto seem like illusion." "Kyoto might be a beautiful rainbow, supported by rural countries." "Or it might be a mirage." "Those insects..." "They don't chirp any more soon." "Mother..." "As is..." "Forever after..." "I am happy." "Hikaru-san!" "Hikaru Genji-san!" "Murasaki-san!" "Murasaki-No-Ue-san!" "It's me." "Koremitsu." "This is the Spring Mansion, isn't it?" "Where Murasaki-san resides." "Murasaki-san!" "See, she is there!" "What are you saying?" "It's a dog." "Murasaki-No-Ue-sama passed away in Autumn year before last." "Is that so?" "She wished to go into Buddha." "That man did not allow her wish." "She could not run away from him." "But when she became sick," "Princess of Akashi, the Princess of Akashi, she had raised, had taken care of her." "It was a great scene." "That beautiful Murasaki-No-Ue..." "When Murasaki-No-Ue-sama died, Hikaru-sama lost the meaning of his life..." "Hikaru-sama" "I think this is the end of the love letters." "Hikaru-san," "Let's play Kemari for a change." "We had better move our bodies." "You were very good at it, weren't you?" "You always beat me." "We are burning love letters here." "I wish we could spent 1000 years together." "It is a pity that I must part with you." "Where am I going?" "Where am I going after I die?" "Michinaga-sama, rest assured." "I brought the noble Hotoke-sama" "Where am I going?" "I have killed people, too." "Am I doomed to go to hell?" "Please hold this rope firmly." "Look!" "This rope is tied to the hands of Mihotoke" "I can't see the Hotoke." "Where is it?" "Where is it?" "Dear," "This rope is attached to the hands of the Buddha." "For your sake, use another rope, too." "Dear..." "All I must do is to hold this." "Right?" "Yes" "With the help of Buddha, you shall be going to Heaven." "Where are you?" "Illusion in the sky..." "It must be a dream..." "Still we cannot see where the ball went" "We must ask where it went" "Sister..." "Genji Monogatari is dedicated to Nobutaka-dono, who died here," "No, it's dedicated to Michinaga-dono who very much resembles Nobutaka-dono." "No, I don't have such a feeling any more." "It's woman's grinding teeth, that future generations can understand what it means." "Grinding Teeth?" "Kataiko, when you become an adult, you pick your husband." "Any man you like." "What's up with you?" "Shall we give them a hand?" "Us, too?" "Mother!" "Tale of Genji is the world's first and longest novel, written about 1000 y ago, by Murasaki Shikibu." "A Thousand-Year Love Sen Nen No Koi Hikaru Genji Monogatari"