Kumo no Ue
Movie
雲の上 2003/01/01
Character count13,960
Word count5,667
Unique words1,272
Words (1-occurrence)683
Unique kanji510
Kanji (1-occurrence)203
Difficulty beta Beginner

In some lonely countryside, or more precisely, in the smaller district where the word “community” still fits perfectly, there is an old temple with a red rusty roof. The temple is called Kôun’in whose roof has a tale passed down from ancient times. The tale is based on the myth of dragon god: Once upon a time at a brumous crack of dawn, all kinds of snakes magically flocked to a waterfall. As soon as they merged into a single huge serpent, it started to fly up heavenward. But when it incarnadined his body with the red color of the roof, it transformed itself into a rising dragon.

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