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In a Grove: Short Literature Series

By: Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Narrated by: Russell D Jones
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Originally published in 1922 and translated by Takashi Kojima, this classic short story was the inspiration for Akira Kurosawa's 1950 film Rashomon, about the murder of a samurai. Told from the perspective of multiple witnesses.

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