Country of origin Japan Running time 2×2 hour movie drama First episode date 14 June 1993 Network TV Tokyo Language Japanese | No. of episodes 2 Original network TV Tokyo Final episode date 21 June 1993 Number of episodes 2 | |
Starring Takuya Kimura
Misato Hayase (早勢美里) Original release 14 June 1993 and 21 June 1993 Genres Drama, Japanese television drama | ||
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.
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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.
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