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Season - Episode

1 Season 1 Apr 25, 1986

1 - 1

The Izu Dancer Apr 25, 1986
1 - 2

The Sound of Waves Part 1: The Awakening of Spring May 02, 1986
1 - 3

The Sound of Waves Part 2: The Storm of Summer May 09, 1986
1 - 4

The Grave of the Wild Chrysanthemum May 16, 1986
1 - 5

The wind blows May 23, 1986
1 - 6

The fruit of Olympus May 30, 1986
1 - 7

Botchan: The New Teacher's Wrath! Jun 06, 1986
1 - 8

Botchan: Exterminate Red-Shirt! Jun 13, 1986
1 - 9

From "Harmonium and fish town" in Wandering Days Jun 20, 1986
1 - 10

The Dancing Girl Jun 27, 1986
1 - 11

Asunaro Story Jul 04, 1986
1 - 12

A Roadside Stone: Dreams of Middle School Jul 18, 1986
1 - 13

A Roadside Stone: Hard Times Jul 25, 1986
1 - 14

Growing Up Aug 01, 1986
1 - 15

The priest of Mount Kōya Aug 08, 1986
1 - 16

A Ghost Story (Kaidan): The Song of Hoichi Aug 15, 1986
1 - 17

The Incident in the Bedroom Suburb Aug 29, 1986
1 - 18

A Voice from Heaven Sep 05, 1986
1 - 19

The Theatre of Life Sep 12, 1986
1 - 20

Season of the sun: A dangerous youth Sep 19, 1986
1 - 21

The Tale of Shunkin Oct 03, 1986
1 - 22

Sanshiro the Judoist Chapter 1: The Lucky Adventurer of the Kodokan Dojo Oct 17, 1986
1 - 23

Sanshiro the Judoist Chapter 2: Deadly Mountain Thunder Oct 24, 1986
1 - 24

Sanshiro the Judoist Chapter 3: Battle at Ukyo ga Hara Oct 31, 1986
1 - 25

The harp of Burma Part 1: Noplace like home Nov 07, 1986
1 - 26

The harp of Burma Part 2: Song of separation Nov 14, 1986
1 - 27

A Walker in the Attic Nov 21, 1986
1 - 28

A Psychological Test Nov 28, 1986
1 - 29

A Red Room Dec 05, 1986
1 - 30

The New Story of Tōno Dec 12, 1986
1 - 31

The Martyr Dec 19, 1986
1 - 32

The Story of Koyasu Dog Dec 26, 1986

Overview

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).

Year 1986

Studio Nippon News Network, All-Nippon News Network

Director

Crew Fumio Kurokawa (Series Director), Eiji Okabe (Director)

Popularity 2.7608

Language Japanese