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).
Stars:
Crew: Fumio Kurokawa, Eiji Okabe
Country: JP
Studio: Nippon News Network, All-Nippon News Network
Runtime: 30:14 minutes
Quality: HD
First air date: Apr 25, 1986
Last air date: Dec 26, 1986
Episode: 32 Episode
Season: 1 Season
IMDb: 4