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美しい暦

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Country
Japan

How it feels

Set in a girls' school in Sendai just before World War II, the story follows a pawnbroker's daughter and her interactions with male and female teachers as well as a local high school student. It focuses on the everyday lives and feelings of young people.

lightheartednostalgicbittersweetgentleschool-liferomanticeverydayperiod

What happens

美しい暦(うつくしいこよみ)は、石坂洋次郎の中編小説、および二度にわたる同題での映画。 1940年6月に新潮社より刊行。「新作青春叢書」の一つとして書き下ろされた。仙台の女学校を舞台に、質屋の娘・矢島貞子を中心とし、男の先生、女の先生、近隣の高等学校(二高)の高校生・田村などが織り成す青春模様を描いている。戦争直前に書かれたものだが、戦後二度映画化されている。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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