Ryunosuke Akutagawa wrote two short stories, "Rashomon" and "In a Grove", that heavily influenced Akira Kurosawa's film Rashomon. Let's crack into these two masterpieces and talk about some possible interpretations. It's also worth noting that the names can be spelled as RASHŌMON and Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. Our version was translated to English by Takashi Kojima.Read for Free:Rashomon: https://www.shortstoryproject.com/story/rashomon/In a Grove: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/In_a_GroveBrad Proctor is reading this story too, check out his channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FntF3eATfaMCrow symbology in Japan: https://traditionalkyoto.com/culture/figures/crows/50 words for Rain: https://www.japan-talk.com/jt/new/why-Japanese-has-50-words-for-rain#RyunosukeAkutagawa#AkiraKurosawa#JapaneseLiteratureSubscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzdqkkUKpfRIbCXmiFvqxIw?sub_confirmation=1Forgive the old men as they pretend they can use Social Media:▶ http://instagram.com/thecodexcantina▶ http://twitter.com/thecodexcantina====Copyright====Song: InfiniteArtist: ValenceLicensed to YouTube by: AEI (on behalf of NCS); Featherstone Music (publishing), and 1 Music Rights SocietiesFree Download/Stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHoqD47gQG8Rajomon model pictures supplied by the Kyoto Project:http://thekyotoproject.org/english/rajomon/Rajomon marker released to the public domain by Fg2--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thecodexcantina/support