Saturday, August 10, 2024

Hell Screen by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1918)

I've recorded Hell Screen by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, originally published 1918, at Fierce Firelight.


Note: I've now amplified the original track and reuploaded it.

4 comments:

  1. Loved this - you got the tone perfectly.

    BBC Radio did a version for Fantastic Tales read by Togo Igawa, where I first encountered the story. Didn't even know he'd written Rashomon until later down the line.

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    1. I didn't know that about Rashomon! Since you mentioned it, I listened to the Fantastic Tales version and immediately recognized the advisor from Total War: Shogun 2; obviously I pretended it was the same character given the shared feudal setting

      https://archive.org/details/ryunosuke-akutagawa-hell-screen/01+Ryunosuke+Akutagawa+Hell+Screen.mp3

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