Izu no Odorikko

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Izu no Odorikko
Format Drama
Starring Takuya Kimura (木村拓哉)
Hayase Misato (早勢美里)
Country of origin Japan
No. of episodes 2
Production
Running time 2x2 hour movie drama
Broadcast
Original channel TV Tokyo
Original run 14 June 199321 June 1993

Izu no Odorikko (Dancing girl from Izu) is a drama that aired on TV Tokyo. It first aired in Japan on June 14, 1993 and June 21, 1993.

[edit] Cast

  • Kimura Takuya as Kawabata Yasunari
  • Hayase Misato as the girl
  • Kaga Mariko

[edit] Synopsis

Based on a semi-autobiographical short story by Nobel Prize winning author Kawabata Yasunari, the two parter 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 borrowed time and the student has to return to his life of learning and eventually a highly paid career.