880-14 Maihime. The dancing girl. 880-15 Kaidan. A ghost story.
Notes:
Izu no otoriko based on the novel by Kawabata Yasunai. Maihime based on the novel by Mori Ōgai. Kaidan based on the novel by Koizumi Yakumo. Reproduction of original produced by Nihon Terebi and Nippon Animation Company, 1986. A foreign film (Japan).
Summary:
Izu no odoriko: A young student falls in love with a traveling dancer. Their love is sincere, but social differences may tear them apart. Maihime: A Japanese man working in turn of the century Berlin fathers a child with an impoverished dancer. Together, they strive to build a home and family, but political difficulties force the father to choose between his career and the woman he loves. Kaidan: A blind lute player chants the old legend of a great battle between the Genji and Heike families. His music attracts the attention of the Heike dead, whose ghosts request a performance.
Series:
Animated classics of Japanese literature 880-02 Nihon meisaku bungaku
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