Animated Classics of Japanese Literature — Season 1, Episode 2: The Sound of Waves Part 1: The Awakening of Spring
Animation, Drama • 30 min • 1 season, 32 episodes • ★ 7.5/10
About Animated Classics of Japanese Literature
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).
More episodes from Season 1
- E1The Izu Dancer
- E3The Sound of Waves Part 2: The Storm of Summer
- E4The Grave of the Wild Chrysanthemum
- E5The wind blows
- E6The fruit of Olympus
- E7Botchan: The New Teacher's Wrath!
- E8Botchan: Exterminate Red-Shirt!
- E9From "Harmonium and fish town" in Wandering Days
- E10The Dancing Girl
- E11Asunaro Story
- E12A Roadside Stone: Dreams of Middle School
- E13A Roadside Stone: Hard Times