Season
Episode
E1The Izu DancerApr 25, 198630mE2The Sound of Waves Part 1: The Awakening of SpringMay 2, 198630mE3The Sound of Waves Part 2: The Storm of SummerMay 9, 198630mE4The Grave of the Wild ChrysanthemumMay 16, 198630mE5The wind blowsMay 23, 198630mE6The fruit of OlympusMay 30, 198630mE7Botchan: The New Teacher's Wrath!Jun 6, 198630mE8Botchan: Exterminate Red-Shirt!Jun 13, 198630mE9From "Harmonium and fish town" in Wandering DaysJun 20, 198630mE10The Dancing GirlJun 27, 198630mE11Asunaro StoryJul 4, 198630mE12A Roadside Stone: Dreams of Middle SchoolJul 18, 198630mE13A Roadside Stone: Hard TimesJul 25, 198630mE14Growing UpAug 1, 198630mE15The priest of Mount KōyaAug 8, 198630mE16A Ghost Story (Kaidan): The Song of HoichiAug 15, 198630mE17The Incident in the Bedroom SuburbAug 29, 198630mE18A Voice from HeavenSep 5, 198630mE19The Theatre of LifeSep 12, 198630mE20Season of the sun: A dangerous youthSep 19, 198630mE21The Tale of ShunkinOct 3, 198630mE22Sanshiro the Judoist Chapter 1: The Lucky Adventurer of the Kodokan DojoOct 17, 198630mE23Sanshiro the Judoist Chapter 2: Deadly Mountain ThunderOct 24, 198630mE24Sanshiro the Judoist Chapter 3: Battle at Ukyo ga HaraOct 31, 198630mE25The harp of Burma Part 1: Noplace like homeNov 7, 198630mE26The harp of Burma Part 2: Song of separationNov 14, 198630mE27A Walker in the AtticNov 21, 198630mE28A Psychological TestNov 28, 198630mE29A Red RoomDec 5, 198630mE30The New Story of TōnoDec 12, 198630mE31The MartyrDec 19, 198630mE32The Story of Koyasu DogDec 26, 198630m
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Animated Classics of Japanese Literature
19868
AnimationDrama
Released
Apr 25, 1986
Country
Japan
Production
Nippon Television Network Corporation
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).