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Rashōmon and Other Stories

by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Golgotha Press
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IMPORTANT NOTE: This is a very large anthology, and some people have experienced trouble navigating the work. To find each work in the anthology, you must go to the "Go To" section of your Nook, and then select "Chapter." It might get a blank screen--if it does, then hit the page forward button and the work will appear.

The story was first published in 1915 in Teikoku Bungaku. Akira Kurosawa's film Rashomon (1950), takes only its name and some of the material for the frame scenes, such as the theft of a kimono and the discussion of the moral ambiguity of thieving to survive, from this story. The plot of the film is based on Akutagawa's 1922 short story, ""In a Grove.""

Included stories:
In a Grove
Rashomon
Yam Gruel
The Martyr
Postscript
Kesa and Morito

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Book Details

Published
October 12, 2010
Publisher
Golgotha Press
ISBN
9781610422109

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