Animated Classics of Japanese Literature
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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).
Directed by Eiji Okabe · Written by Kenji Yoshida
Networks: Nippon News Network, All-Nippon News Network
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Cast
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Sumi Shimamoto (voice) -
Kazue Komiya Chiyoko (voice) -
Hiromi Tsuru Setsuko (voice) -
Akira Kamiya Mizushima (voice) - Kazuko Imai Otatsu (voice)
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Masane Tsukayama Eikichi (voice) - Akiko Takamura Teahouse Lady (voice)
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Kenichi Ogata Merchant (voice) -
Midori Kiuchi Narrator (voice) -
Toshio Furukawa Tatsuo (voice) -
Kei Tomiyama Ritaro (voice) -
Shinichiro Okano Sasuke (voice)
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