France-Japan co-production · Anime
The Rose of Versailles
Riyoko Ikeda / Tadao Nagahama · 1979
Set inside a doomed aristocracy, the series shares Genji's fascination with court ritual, secret passions, and the way an entire social order can be felt dissolving inside a single doomed romance. Its lush visual lyricism and emotional gravity translate Heian sensibilities into eighteenth-century Versailles.