Purple Picture Classic Library: Akutagawa Ryunosuke·rashomon

Ryunosuke Akutagawa wrote classic novels such as "In the Bamboo Grove", "Rashomon", "Hell Change" and "Kappa" in extremely concise lengths and cold language, analyzing the depth of human nature to a level that no one before has reached. In particular, he revealed the "Rashomon Effect" that exists regularly in society, contains profound wisdom, and has become an essential ideological tool for scholars to analyze social phenomena. Akutagawa's greatness is not limited to creating the charm of the story, but also represents a true thinker's tireless search for truth. The works in this book directly inspired Akira Kurosawa to adapt the film "Rashomon" of the same name, which made Japanese films rise in the forest of world films; it also influenced the birth of a new generation of geniuses - Osamu Dazai therefore turned to literature and wrote "Disqualification in the World". To commemorate him, Japan established the "Akutagawa Prize" as the highest award for pure literature; to commemorate him, the Japanese people hold the "Kappa Festival" once a year.