Movie lovers may find my blog Paper two days ago somewhat confusing. Should it be Rashōmon (羅生門) that I was referring to ?
No. The movie Rashōmon by Akira Kurosawa (黑澤明) comes from the story In a Grove (竹藪中) by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (芥川龍之介). Akutagawa did have a story called Rashōmon, which is entirely different.
PS. Stealing hair from dead people to make wigs is of course a harsh way to make one's living, but the shocking bit of this story - at least to me - was that in the same country of that starving old woman, there were many people who could afford a wig !
No. The movie Rashōmon by Akira Kurosawa (黑澤明) comes from the story In a Grove (竹藪中) by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (芥川龍之介). Akutagawa did have a story called Rashōmon, which is entirely different.
PS. Stealing hair from dead people to make wigs is of course a harsh way to make one's living, but the shocking bit of this story - at least to me - was that in the same country of that starving old woman, there were many people who could afford a wig !
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