Animated 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).
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.The Izu Dancer
25-04-198630 min - Ep 2
2.The Sound of Waves Part 1: The Awakening of Spring
02-05-198630 min - Ep 3
3.The Sound of Waves Part 2: The Storm of Summer
09-05-198630 min - Ep 4
4.The Grave of the Wild Chrysanthemum
16-05-198630 min - Ep 5
5.The wind blows
23-05-198630 min - Ep 6
6.The fruit of Olympus
30-05-198630 min - Ep 7
7.Botchan: The New Teacher's Wrath!
06-06-198630 min - Ep 8
8.Botchan: Exterminate Red-Shirt!
13-06-198630 min - Ep 9
9.From "Harmonium and fish town" in Wandering Days
20-06-198630 min - Ep 10
10.The Dancing Girl
27-06-198630 min - Ep 11
11.Asunaro Story
04-07-198630 min - Ep 12
12.A Roadside Stone: Dreams of Middle School
18-07-198630 min - Ep 13
13.A Roadside Stone: Hard Times
25-07-198630 min - Ep 14
14.Growing Up
01-08-198630 min - Ep 15
15.The priest of Mount Kōya
08-08-198630 min - Ep 16
16.A Ghost Story (Kaidan): The Song of Hoichi
15-08-198630 min - Ep 17
17.The Incident in the Bedroom Suburb
29-08-198630 min - Ep 18
18.A Voice from Heaven
05-09-198630 min - Ep 19
19.The Theatre of Life
12-09-198630 min - Ep 20
20.Season of the sun: A dangerous youth
19-09-198630 min - Ep 21
21.The Tale of Shunkin
03-10-198630 min - Ep 22
22.Sanshiro the Judoist Chapter 1: The Lucky Adventurer of the Kodokan Dojo
17-10-198630 min - Ep 23
23.Sanshiro the Judoist Chapter 2: Deadly Mountain Thunder
24-10-198630 min - Ep 24
24.Sanshiro the Judoist Chapter 3: Battle at Ukyo ga Hara
31-10-198630 min - Ep 25
25.The harp of Burma Part 1: Noplace like home
07-11-198630 min - Ep 26
26.The harp of Burma Part 2: Song of separation
14-11-198630 min - Ep 27
27.A Walker in the Attic
21-11-198630 min - Ep 28
28.A Psychological Test
28-11-198630 min - Ep 29
29.A Red Room
05-12-198630 min - Ep 30
30.The New Story of Tōno
12-12-198630 min - Ep 31
31.The Martyr
19-12-198630 min - Ep 32
32.The Story of Koyasu Dog
26-12-198630 min - Ep 33
33.Student Days
08-10-198730 minBased on the book by Masao Kume.
- Ep 34
34.Friendship
15-10-198730 minBased on the book by Saneatsu Mushanokōji.
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