Izu no odoriko (TV series)
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| Izu no odoriko | |
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| Starring | Takuya Kimura Misato Hayase (早勢美里) |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| No. of episodes | 2 |
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| Running time | 2×2 hour movie drama |
| Original release | |
| Network | TV Tokyo |
| Release | 14 June – 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
[edit]- Takuya Kimura as Yasunari Kawabata
- Misato Hayase as the girl
- Mariko Kaga
Synopsis
[edit]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.