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7.8 1 Seasons • 42 Episodes

Smart-san - Season 1

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.

Top Cast

  • Ichiro Nagai

    Ichiro Nagai

    ナレーション

  • Reiko Suzuki

    Reiko Suzuki

    ばあや

  • Atsuko Mine

    Atsuko Mine

    伊集院夫人

  • Katsuji Mori

    Katsuji Mori

    伊集院忍

  • Kohei Miyauchi

    Kohei Miyauchi

    伯爵

  • Reiko Yamada

    Reiko Yamada

    侍女如月

  • Rihoko Yoshida

    Rihoko Yoshida

    北小路環

  • Kazuko Sugiyama

    Kazuko Sugiyama

    森蘭丸

  • Hiroshi Masuoka

    Hiroshi Masuoka

    牛五郎

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.

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