Season 1

This is the first film in the BUNGO Japanese Literature Cinema (BUNGO Nihon Bungaku Shinema) series dramatizing short stories by the great writers of Japan, starring a popular young cast. This was broadcast on late nigh…

This is the second in the BUNGO Japanese Literature Cinema (BUNGO Nihon Bungaku Shinema) series of films depicting Japan's short novels. The original work is a masterpiece by Kajii Motojiro that is always included in Ja…

This is the third film in the BUNGO Japanese Literature Cinema (BUNGO Nihon Bungaku Shinema) series dramatizing short stories by the masters of Japanese literature. A film adaptation of a famous work by Mori Ogai that d…

This is the fourth film in the BUNGO Japanese Literature Cinema (BUNGO Nihon Bungaku Shinema) series dramatizing short stories by the masters of Japanese literature. The original work was by Akutagawa Ryunosuke, and the…

This is the fifth in the BUNGO Japanese Literature Cinema (BUNGO Nihon Bungaku Shinema, Fumiko no Ashi) series of films depicting Japan's short novels. The original work is a sensual novel by Tanizaki Junichiro's that i…

This is the sixth film in the BUNGO Japanese Literature Cinema (BUNGO Nihon Bungaku Shinema) series dramatizing short stories by the masters of Japanese literature. The original is Dazai Osamu's unfinished last work, an…