Animated Classics of Japanese Literature (1986)
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 & Episode
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Episode 1 - The Izu Dancer
April. 25,1986
Episode 2 - The Sound of Waves Part 1: The Awakening of Spring
May. 02,1986
Episode 3 - The Sound of Waves Part 2: The Storm of Summer
May. 09,1986
Episode 4 - The Grave of the Wild Chrysanthemum
May. 16,1986
Episode 5 - The wind blows
May. 23,1986
Episode 6 - The fruit of Olympus
May. 30,1986
Episode 7 - Botchan: The New Teacher's Wrath!
June. 06,1986
Episode 8 - Botchan: Exterminate Red-Shirt!
June. 13,1986
Episode 9 - From "Harmonium and fish town" in Wandering Days
June. 20,1986
Episode 10 - The Dancing Girl
June. 27,1986
Episode 11 - Asunaro Story
July. 04,1986
Episode 12 - A Roadside Stone: Dreams of Middle School
July. 18,1986
Episode 13 - A Roadside Stone: Hard Times
July. 25,1986
Episode 14 - Growing Up
August. 01,1986
Episode 15 - The priest of Mount Kōya
August. 08,1986
Episode 16 - A Ghost Story (Kaidan): The Song of Hoichi
August. 15,1986
Episode 17 - The Incident in the Bedroom Suburb
August. 29,1986
Episode 18 - A Voice from Heaven
September. 05,1986
Episode 19 - The Theatre of Life
September. 12,1986
Episode 20 - Season of the sun: A dangerous youth
September. 19,1986
Episode 21 - The Tale of Shunkin
October. 03,1986
Episode 22 - Sanshiro the Judoist Chapter 1: The Lucky Adventurer of the Kodokan Dojo
October. 17,1986
Episode 23 - Sanshiro the Judoist Chapter 2: Deadly Mountain Thunder
October. 24,1986
Episode 24 - Sanshiro the Judoist Chapter 3: Battle at Ukyo ga Hara
October. 31,1986
Episode 25 - The harp of Burma Part 1: Noplace like home
November. 07,1986
Episode 26 - The harp of Burma Part 2: Song of separation
November. 14,1986
Episode 27 - A Walker in the Attic
November. 21,1986
Episode 28 - A Psychological Test
November. 28,1986
Episode 29 - A Red Room
December. 05,1986
Episode 30 - The New Story of Tōno
December. 12,1986
Episode 31 - The Martyr
December. 19,1986
Episode 32 - The Story of Koyasu Dog
December. 26,1986
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