Mostow

Japanese literature scholar Joshua Mostow believes Michinaga provided Murasaki to Shōshi as an equally or better educated woman, so as to showcase Shōshi's court in a similar manner.

Jonathan Mostow directed the film and Schwarzenegger returned as the Terminator.

Mostow (2001), 130 The two writers had different temperaments: Shōnagon was witty, clever, and outspoken; Murasaki was withdrawn and sensitive.

The studio brought Jonathan Mostow in to rewrite, with an option to direct.