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