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Haikara-san ga tôru

Name: Haikara-san ga tôru
Released: 1978
Duration: 25 min

TV Show1978-197925mJapanesetv asahi, ANIMAXAnimation, Drama, Comedy

1 Season42 EpisodesEpisode Guide

7.7

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Created By: Waki Yamato

Director: Kazuyoshi Yokota (42 Episodes)

Writers: Nisan Takahashi, Waki Yamato

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Overview

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.