Ryunosuke Akutagawa
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Birth Name: 芥川龍之介
Born: 1 March 1892 Died: 24 July 1927
Country of origin: Japan
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1. Rashomon (1950)
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2. Portrait of Hell (1969)
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4. Tajomaru: Avenging Blade (2009)
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5. Iron Maze (1991)
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"Paranoid, severely depressed, and suffering from visual hallucinations (such as perceiving maggots in his food), Akutagawa killed himself with an overdose of Veronal at the age of 35. “The world I am now in is one of diseased nerves, lucid as ice,” read part of his suicide note. “Such voluntary death must give us peace, if not happiness…”"
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