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はいからさんが通る

Original title: はいからさんが通る

Year

1978

Rating

★ 7.8/10

Runtime

24 min

Seasons

1

Genres

Animation, Drama, Comedy

Benio Hanamura is a 17-year-old schoolgirl in Tokyo during the Taisho era. Benio lost her mother when she was very young and has been raised by her father, a high-ranking official in the Japanese army. As a result, she has grown into a tomboy—contrary to traditional Japanese notions of femininity, she studies kendo, drinks sake, dresses in often outlandish-looking Western fashions, and isn't as interested in housewife duties as she is in literature. She also rejects the idea of arranged marriages and believes in a woman's right to a career and to marry for love. Benio's best friends are the beautiful Tamaki, who is much more feminine than Benio but equally interested in women's rights, and Ranmaru, a young man who was raised to play female roles in the kabuki theater and as a result has acquired very effeminate mannerisms.

Cast: 永井一郎, 鈴木れい子, 峰あつ子, 森功至, 宮内幸平, 山田礼子, 吉田理保子, 杉山佳寿子