The Moon Over The Mountain by Atsushi Nakajima
A haunting, lyrical retelling of the life of a renowned Tang-dynasty poet whose soaring imagination and thirst for immortality are matched by a self-destructive love of drink; as his refusal to accept ordinary existence deepens, his poetic genius becomes entwined with delusion, leading to a final, symbolic act—reaching for the moon’s reflection and meeting a tragic end—that serves as a meditation on art, hubris, and the gap between human longing and earthly limits.
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- Sangetsuki
- 山月記
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