Smart-san (1978)

Synopsis

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.

Series Information

Created By

Waki Yamato

First Aired

1978

Last Aired

1979

Seasons

1

Episodes

42

Episode Length

24 min

Genre

Animation, Drama, Comedy

Network

ANIMAX, tv asahi

Status

Ended

Rating

7.8 / 10 (4 votes)

Top Cast

Ichiro Nagai

ナレーション

Reiko Suzuki

ばあや

Atsuko Mine

伊集院夫人

Katsuji Mori

伊集院忍

Kohei Miyauchi

伯爵

👤

Reiko Yamada

侍女如月

Rihoko Yoshida

北小路環

Kazuko Sugiyama

森蘭丸

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