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