Starring
Shinya ÔtakiYuzuru FujimotoKen'ichi OnoTakurô KitagawaRyusei NakaoNaoki Tatsuta
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About
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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Season 11986
—0346h 56m
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
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| ▶ | 1 | Izu no Odoriko (The Dancing Girl of Izu) | — | — | 26 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Shiosai Zenpen: Haru no Mezame (The Sound of Waves, Part 1: The Wakening of Spring) | — | — | 26 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Shiosai Kohen: Natsu no Arashi (The Sound of Waves, Part 2: Summer Storm) | — | — | 26 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Nogiku no Haka (The Wild Daisy) | — | — | 26 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | Kaze Tachinu (The Wind Has Risen) | — | — | 26 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | Orinposu no Kajitsu (The Fruits of Olympus) | — | — | 26 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | Botchan Zenpen: Shinnin Kyoshi Okoru! (Botchan, Part 1: The New Teacher Gets Angry!) | — | — | 26 min | |
| ▶ | 8 | Botchan Kohen: Akashatsu Daiji! (Botchan, Part 2: Exterminate the Redshirts!) | — | — | 26 min | |
| ▶ | 9 | Wandering Days | — | — | — | |
| ▶ | 10 | The Dancing Girl | — | — | — | |
| ▶ | 11 | Asunaro Monogatari | — | — | — | |
| ▶ | 12 | Robo no Ishi Zenpen: Chugaku Shibo (A Stone by the Roadside, Part 1: Junior High Dreams) | — | — | 52 min | |
| ▶ | 13 | Robo no Ishi Kohen: Tsurai Hibi (A Stone by the Roadside, Part 2: Daily Heartbreak) | — | — | — | |
| ▶ | 14 | Growing Up | — | — | — | |
| ▶ | 15 | The Priest of Mt. Kôya | — | — | — | |
| ▶ | 16 | Kwaidan: Hoichi the Earless | — | — | — | |
| ▶ | 17 | The Incident in the Bedroom Suburb: Whispers are Forbidden | — | — | — | |
| ▶ | 18 | The Incident in the Bedroom Suburb: A Voice from Heaven | — | — | — | |
| ▶ | 19 | Theater of Life | — | — | — | |
| ▶ | 20 | Season of the Sun | — | — | — | |
| ▶ | 21 | The Tale of Shunkin | — | — | — | |
| ▶ | 22 | Sanshiro Sugata Chapter 1: The Lucky Adventurer of the Kôdôkan Dojo | — | — | — | |
| ▶ | 23 | Sanshirô Sugata Chapter 2: Deadly Mountain Storm | — | — | — | |
| ▶ | 24 | Sanshirô Sugata Chapter 3: Showdown at Ukyôgahara | — | — | — | |
| ▶ | 25 | The Harp of Burma, Part 1: The Clay Hut | — | — | — | |
| ▶ | 26 | The Harp of Burma, Part 2: Song of Farewell | — | — | — | |
| ▶ | 27 | A Walker in the Attic | — | — | — | |
| ▶ | 28 | Akechi Kogoro: Shinri Shiken (The Psychological Test) | — | — | 26 min | |
| ▶ | 29 | Akechi Kogoro: Akai Heya (The Red Room) | — | — | 26 min | |
| ▶ | 30 | The New Story of Tôno | — | — | — | |
| ▶ | 31 | Ten ni Noboru Ai, 'Hokyonin no Shi' yori (The Martyr) | — | — | 26 min | |
| ▶ | 32 | Shiro, Kita e Kaeru, 'Koyasu Inu Monogatari' yori (The Story of Koyasu Dog) | — | — | 26 min | |
| ▶ | 33 | Gakusei Jidai (Student Days) | — | — | 26 min | |
| ▶ | 34 | Yujo (Friendship) | — | — | 26 min |
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Shinya Ôtaki Car owner, Fisherman A, Student D
Yuzuru Fujimoto Terukichi Miyata, Headmaster, Lord B
Ken'ichi Ono Student C, High school student, Student
Takurô Kitagawa Examiner, Fisherman B, Lord D
Ryusei Nakao Yasuo Kawamoto, Kenkichi
Naoki Tatsuta Ryuji Hamada, Matsui
Kazue Komiya Chiyoko, Mother, Takeko
Kazuo Hayashi Isamu Saito, Nakada, Uranari
Ken'ichi Ogata Ikagin, Lord C, Merchant
Shozo Iizuka Yamaarashi, Captain