Izu no Odorikko

Infobox television
show_name = Izu no Odorikko
format = Drama
runtime = 2x2 hour movie drama
starring = Takuya Kimura (木村拓哉)
Hayase Misato (早勢美里)
country = Japan
network = TV Tokyo
first_aired = 14 June 1993
last_aired = 21 June 1993
num_episodes = 2

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.

Cast

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

ynopsis

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.