Animated Classics of Japanese Literature poster

Animated Classics of Japanese Literature poster

Animated Classics of Japanese Literature

1986 1 Season 7.5Series

AnimationDrama

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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Eiji Okabe

Director

Hidehito Ueda

Director

Katsumi Takasuga

Director

Kenji Yoshida

Writer

Akira Miyazaki

Writer

Ryuzo Nakanishi

Writer

Shozo Matsuda

Writer

Masahiro Yamada

Writer

Top Cast

Sumi Shimamoto

Sumi Shimamoto

(voice) / Kaoru (voice) · 2 eps

Kazue Komiya

Kazue Komiya

Geisha (voice) / Chiyoko (voice) · 2 eps

Hiromi Tsuru

Hiromi Tsuru

Setsuko (voice) · 1 ep

Akira Kamiya

Akira Kamiya

Mizushima (voice) · 1 ep

Kazuko Imai

Otatsu (voice) · 1 ep

Masane Tsukayama

Masane Tsukayama

Eikichi (voice) · 1 ep

Akiko Takamura

Teahouse Lady (voice) · 1 ep

Kenichi Ogata

Kenichi Ogata

Merchant (voice) · 1 ep

Midori Kiuchi

Midori Kiuchi

Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

Toshio Furukawa

Toshio Furukawa

Tatsuo (voice) · 1 ep

Kei Tomiyama

Kei Tomiyama

Ritaro (voice) · 1 ep

Shinichiro Okano

Shinichiro Okano

Sasuke (voice) · 1 ep

Natsuko Fuji

Natsuko Fuji

Shigeme (voice) · 1 ep

Youichi Miyagawa

Yasuzaemon (voice) · 1 ep

Ritsuo Sawa

Ritsuo Sawa

Zensuke (voice) · 1 ep