All Episode in Season 1
1. The Izu Dancer 2. The Sound of Waves Part 1: The Awakening of Spring 3. The Sound of Waves Part 2: The Storm of Summer 4. The Grave of the Wild Chrysanthemum 5. The wind blows 6. The fruit of Olympus 7. Botchan: The New Teacher's Wrath! 8. Botchan: Exterminate Red-Shirt! 9. From "Harmonium and fish town" in Wandering Days 10. The Dancing Girl 11. Asunaro Story 12. A Roadside Stone: Dreams of Middle School 13. A Roadside Stone: Hard Times 14. Growing Up 15. The priest of Mount Kōya 16. A Ghost Story (Kaidan): The Song of Hoichi 17. The Incident in the Bedroom Suburb 18. A Voice from Heaven 19. The Theatre of Life 20. Season of the sun: A dangerous youth 21. The Tale of Shunkin 22. Sanshiro the Judoist Chapter 1: The Lucky Adventurer of the Kodokan Dojo 23. Sanshiro the Judoist Chapter 2: Deadly Mountain Thunder 24. Sanshiro the Judoist Chapter 3: Battle at Ukyo ga Hara 25. The harp of Burma Part 1: Noplace like home 26. The harp of Burma Part 2: Song of separation 27. A Walker in the Attic 28. A Psychological Test 29. A Red Room 30. The New Story of Tōno 31. The Martyr 32. The Story of Koyasu DogAnimated Classics of Japanese Literature
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).
First Release: Apr 25, 1986
Duration: 30m
Quality: HD
Genres: Animation, Drama
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Companies: Nippon Television Network Corporation