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Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Kyōbashi, Tokyo, Japan
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (芥川 龍之介 Akutagawa Ryūnosuke, 1 March 1892 – 24 July 1927), art name Chōkōdō Shujin (澄江堂主人) was a Japanese writer active in the Taishō period in Japan. He is re…
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Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (芥川 龍之介 Akutagawa Ryūnosuke, 1 March 1892 – 24 July 1927), art name Chōkōdō Shujin (澄江堂主人) was a Japanese writer active in the Taishō period in Japan. He is regarded as the "Father of the Japanese short story" and Japan's premier literary award, the Akutagawa Prize, is named after him. He committed suicide at the age of 35 through an overdose of barbital.
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2021
God of Japan
Movie Story
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2020
Two Komachis
Movie Story
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2019
A Stranger in Shanghai
Movie Original Story
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2018
The Bottomless Bag
Movie Story
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2011
In a Grove
Movie Original Concept
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2011
At the Gate of the Ghost
Movie Original Film Writer
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2011
The Spider's Thread
Movie Original Story
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2010
Kaidan Horror Classics
TV show Original Story
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2010
Kaidan Horror Classics
Movie Original Story
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2010
Rail Truck
Movie Novel
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1997
Misty
Movie Original Story
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1996
In a Thicket
Movie Original Story
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1995
The Christ of Nanjing
Movie Novel
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1985
Jesus in Nanking (China 1913)
Movie Story
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1981
Toshishun
Movie Writer
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1976
The Possessed
Movie Original Story
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1969
Portrait of Hell
Movie Novel
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1964
The Outrage
Movie Original Story
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1960
Play of the Week: Rashomon
Movie Original Story
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1952
Beauty and the Thief
Movie Novel
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1950
Rashomon
Movie Novel
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Wagonette
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