Izu no odoriko (1993 TV drama)
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Izu no odoriko | |
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Starring | Takuya Kimura (早勢美里) |
Country of origin | Japan |
No. of episodes | 2 |
Production | |
Running time | 2×2 hour movie drama |
Release | |
Original network | TV Tokyo |
Original release | 14 June 1993 and 21 June 1993 |
Izu no odoriko (Dancing girl from Izu; Japanese: 伊豆の踊り子) is a drama that first aired on TV Tokyo in two parts on June 14, 1993 and June 21, 1993.
Cast[]
- Takuya Kimura as Yasunari Kawabata
- as the girl
- Mariko Kaga
Synopsis[]
Based on a semi-autobiographical short story of the same title by Nobel Prize–winning author Yasunari Kawabata (in English translation, "The Dancing Girl of Izu"), the two-part drama tells the story of a young student who spends his holidays in the hills of Izu where he comes across a troupe of dancers. Fascinated by their gypsy life, he joins them for a few days and falls for the youngest dancing girl. A tentative love grows between them, but both know that this is on borrowed time and that the student has to return to his life of learning and eventually a highly paid career.
Categories:
- Films based on works by Yasunari Kawabata
- Japanese drama television series
- Television shows based on Japanese novels