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

1. The Izu Dancer

Air Date: 1986-04-25

2. The Sound of Waves Part 1: The Awakening of Spring

Air Date: 1986-05-02

3. The Sound of Waves Part 2: The Storm of Summer

Air Date: 1986-05-09

4. The Grave of the Wild Chrysanthemum

Air Date: 1986-05-16

5. The wind blows

Air Date: 1986-05-23

6. The fruit of Olympus

Air Date: 1986-05-30

7. Botchan: The New Teacher's Wrath!

Air Date: 1986-06-06

8. Botchan: Exterminate Red-Shirt!

Air Date: 1986-06-13

9. From "Harmonium and fish town" in Wandering Days

Air Date: 1986-06-20

10. The Dancing Girl

Air Date: 1986-06-27

11. Asunaro Story

Air Date: 1986-07-04

12. A Roadside Stone: Dreams of Middle School

Air Date: 1986-07-18

13. A Roadside Stone: Hard Times

Air Date: 1986-07-25

14. Growing Up

Air Date: 1986-08-01

15. The priest of Mount Kōya

Air Date: 1986-08-08

16. A Ghost Story (Kaidan): The Song of Hoichi

Air Date: 1986-08-15

17. The Incident in the Bedroom Suburb

Air Date: 1986-08-29

18. A Voice from Heaven

Air Date: 1986-09-05

19. The Theatre of Life

Air Date: 1986-09-12

20. Season of the sun: A dangerous youth

Air Date: 1986-09-19

21. The Tale of Shunkin

Air Date: 1986-10-03

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

Air Date: 1986-10-17

23. Sanshiro the Judoist Chapter 2: Deadly Mountain Thunder

Air Date: 1986-10-24

24. Sanshiro the Judoist Chapter 3: Battle at Ukyo ga Hara

Air Date: 1986-10-31

25. The harp of Burma Part 1: Noplace like home

Air Date: 1986-11-07

26. The harp of Burma Part 2: Song of separation

Air Date: 1986-11-14

27. A Walker in the Attic

Air Date: 1986-11-21

28. A Psychological Test

Air Date: 1986-11-28

29. A Red Room

Air Date: 1986-12-05

30. The New Story of Tōno

Air Date: 1986-12-12

31. The Martyr

Air Date: 1986-12-19

32. The Story of Koyasu Dog

Air Date: 1986-12-26

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Rating

7.0/10

Release Date

1986-04-25

Episodes

32 (1 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast

Production Companies

Nippon Television Network Corporation