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Animated Classics of Japanese Literature(1986)

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First Air Date: 1986-04-25

Average Runtime: 30m

Rating: 7.5

Votes: 2

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 32

A brilliant collection of beautifully animated episodes based on selected masterpieces of Japanese modern literature. The aim of this series is to appeal to the viewer at large and to give him or her some idea of the variety and individuality which Japanese literature has developed over the last hundred years. The authors range from Higuchi Ichiyou (Takekurabe), Mori Ougai (The Dancing Girl) and Natsume Souseki (Botchan) to Kawabata Yasunari (The Izu Dancer), Nobel laureate of 1968, and Mishima Yukio (The Sound of Waves).

Keywords

based on novel or bookanthologyromance

Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

Episodes: 34

E01

The Izu Dancer

Air Date: 1986-04-25

Animated Classics of Japanese Literature(1986)

Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

The Izu Dancer

The Sound of Waves Part 1: The Awakening of Spring

The Sound of Waves Part 2: The Storm of Summer

The Grave of the Wild Chrysanthemum

The wind blows

The fruit of Olympus

Botchan: The New Teacher's Wrath!

Botchan: Exterminate Red-Shirt!

From "Harmonium and fish town" in Wandering Days

The Dancing Girl

Asunaro Story

A Roadside Stone: Dreams of Middle School

A Roadside Stone: Hard Times

Growing Up

The priest of Mount Kōya

A Ghost Story (Kaidan): The Song of Hoichi

The Incident in the Bedroom Suburb

A Voice from Heaven

The Theatre of Life

Season of the sun: A dangerous youth

The Tale of Shunkin

Sanshiro the Judoist Chapter 1: The Lucky Adventurer of the Kodokan Dojo

Sanshiro the Judoist Chapter 2: Deadly Mountain Thunder

Sanshiro the Judoist Chapter 3: Battle at Ukyo ga Hara

The harp of Burma Part 1: Noplace like home

The harp of Burma Part 2: Song of separation

A Walker in the Attic

A Psychological Test

A Red Room

The New Story of Tōno

The Martyr

The Story of Koyasu Dog

Student Days

Friendship

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