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