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