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Animated Classics of Japanese Literature

Animated Classics of Japanese Literature

Animation
Drama
April 25, 1986 – December 26, 1986 (began 40 years ago)
30m / episode
7.5/10
Ended
1 Season
32 Episodes
Nippon News Network
All-Nippon News Network

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).

Sumi Shimamoto
Sumi Shimamoto

Sumi Shimamoto

Kaoru (voice)

Ages 31-32

2 eps
Kazue Komiya
Kazue Komiya

Kazue Komiya

Chiyoko (voice)

Ages 33-34

2 eps
Hiromi Tsuru
Hiromi Tsuru

Hiromi Tsuru

Setsuko (voice)

Ages 26

1 ep
Akira Kamiya
Akira Kamiya

Akira Kamiya

Mizushima (voice)

Ages 39-40

1 ep
Kazuko Imai
KI

Kazuko Imai

Otatsu (voice)

Ages 55-56

1 ep
Masane Tsukayama
Masane Tsukayama

Masane Tsukayama

Eikichi (voice)

Ages 42

1 ep
Akiko Takamura
AT

Akiko Takamura

Teahouse Lady (voice)

Ages 63-64

1 ep
Kenichi Ogata
Kenichi Ogata

Kenichi Ogata

Merchant (voice)

Ages 44

1 ep
Midori Kiuchi
Midori Kiuchi

Midori Kiuchi

Narrator (voice)

Ages 35-36

1 ep
Toshio Furukawa
Toshio Furukawa

Toshio Furukawa

Tatsuo (voice)

Ages 39-40

1 ep
Kei Tomiyama
Kei Tomiyama

Kei Tomiyama

Ritaro (voice)

Ages 47-48

1 ep
Shinichiro Okano
Shinichiro Okano

Shinichiro Okano

Sasuke (voice)

Ages 23

1 ep
Natsuko Fuji
Natsuko Fuji

Natsuko Fuji

Shigeme (voice)

Ages 46-47

1 ep
Ritsuo Sawa
Ritsuo Sawa

Ritsuo Sawa

Zensuke (voice)

Ages 50-51

1 ep