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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).
Seasons
Episode 1
The Izu Dancer
30m
No overview is available.
Episode 2
The Sound of Waves Part 1: The Awakening of Spring
30m
No overview is available.
Episode 3
The Sound of Waves Part 2: The Storm of Summer
30m
No overview is available.
Episode 4
The Grave of the Wild Chrysanthemum
30m
No overview is available.
Episode 5
The wind blows
30m
No overview is available.
Episode 6
The fruit of Olympus
30m
No overview is available.
Episode 7
Botchan: The New Teacher's Wrath!
30m
No overview is available.
Episode 8
Botchan: Exterminate Red-Shirt!
30m
No overview is available.
Episode 9
From "Harmonium and fish town" in Wandering Days
30m
No overview is available.
Episode 10
The Dancing Girl
30m
No overview is available.
Episode 11
Asunaro Story
30m
No overview is available.
Episode 12
A Roadside Stone: Dreams of Middle School
30m
No overview is available.
Episode 13
A Roadside Stone: Hard Times
30m
No overview is available.
Episode 14
Growing Up
30m
No overview is available.
Episode 15
The priest of Mount Kōya
30m
No overview is available.
Episode 16
A Ghost Story (Kaidan): The Song of Hoichi
30m
No overview is available.
Episode 17
The Incident in the Bedroom Suburb
30m
No overview is available.
Episode 18
A Voice from Heaven
30m
No overview is available.
Episode 19
The Theatre of Life
30m
No overview is available.
Episode 20
Season of the sun: A dangerous youth
30m
No overview is available.
Episode 21
The Tale of Shunkin
30m
No overview is available.
Episode 22
Sanshiro the Judoist Chapter 1: The Lucky Adventurer of the Kodokan Dojo
30m
No overview is available.
Episode 23
Sanshiro the Judoist Chapter 2: Deadly Mountain Thunder
30m
No overview is available.
Episode 24
Sanshiro the Judoist Chapter 3: Battle at Ukyo ga Hara
30m
No overview is available.
Episode 25
The harp of Burma Part 1: Noplace like home
30m
No overview is available.
Episode 26
The harp of Burma Part 2: Song of separation
30m
No overview is available.
Episode 27
A Walker in the Attic
30m
No overview is available.
Episode 28
A Psychological Test
30m
No overview is available.
Episode 29
A Red Room
30m
No overview is available.
Episode 30
The New Story of Tōno
30m
No overview is available.
Episode 31
The Martyr
30m
No overview is available.
Episode 32
The Story of Koyasu Dog
30m
No overview is available.
Episode 33
Student Days
30m
Based on the book by Masao Kume.
Episode 34Latest episode
Friendship
30m
Based on the book by Saneatsu Mushanokōji.
