Animated Classics of Japanese Literature

Nippon Animation
Drama / RomanceTV32 EP/23 Apr 1986

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Synopsis

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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Episode 1The Izu Dancer
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Episode 2The Sound of Waves (Part 1): Spring Awakening
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Episode 3The Sound of Waves (Part 2): Summer Storm
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Episode 4Grave of the Wild Chrysanthemum
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Episode 5The Wind Rises
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Episode 6The Fruit of Olympus
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Episode 7Botchan (Part 1): The New Professor Gets Mad!
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Episode 8Botchan (Part 2): Defeat Red Shirt!
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Episode 9Wandering Days
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Episode 10The Dancing Girl
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Episode 11Asunaro Story
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Episode 12Roadside Stone (Part 1): Middle School Hopes
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Episode 13Roadside Stone (Part 2): Hard Days
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Episode 14Growing Up
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Episode 15The Priest of Mount Kouya
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Episode 16A Ghost Story
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Episode 17Akagawa Jiro (Part 1): The Incident in the Bedroom Suburb
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Episode 18Akagawa Jiro (Part 2): Voice from Heaven
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Episode 19Theatre of Life
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Episode 20Season of the Sun: Dangerous Youth
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Episode 21The Tale of Shunkin
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Episode 22Sanshiro, the Judoist (Part 1): Child of Fate of Koudoukan
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Episode 23Sanshiro, the Judoist (Part 2): Mountain Storm Special Attack
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Episode 24Sanshiro, the Judoist (Part 3): Showdown at Ukyougahara
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Episode 25Harp of Burma (Part 1): No Place Like Home
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Episode 26Harp of Burma (Part 2): Song of Separation
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Episode 27Akechi Kogoro (Part 1): A Walker in the Attic
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Episode 28Akechi Kogoro (Part 2): A Psychological Test
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Episode 29Akechi Kogoro (Part 3): The Red Room
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Episode 30The New Story of Touno
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Episode 31The Martyr
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Episode 32The Story of Koyasu Dog
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Characters

Botchan

Yasuhara Yoshito

Tamiko

Okamoto Mari

Goichi Aikawa

Toriumi Katsumi

Shinnyo

Nanba Keiichi

Ayuta Kaji

Kikuchi Hidehiro

Kogorou Akechi

Ogawa Shinji

Tatsuya Tsugawa

Yao Kazuki

Kyouko Kasai

Fujita Toshiko

Sanshirou Sugata

Inoue Kazuhiko

Elise Wiegert

Yamamoto Yuriko

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