| These beautifully animated episodes are based on masterpieces of modern Japanese Literature.
THE IZU DANCER (by Kawabata Yasunari):
A young student falls in love with a traveling dancer. Their love is sincere, but social differences may tear them apart.
THE DANCING GIRL (by Mori Ohgai):
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.
A GHOST STORY (by Koizumi Yakumo):
A blind lute player chants the old legend of a great battle between the Genji and Heiki families. His music attracts the attention of the Heiki dead, whose ghosts request a performance.
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