Ugetsu Monogatari
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Ugetsu Monogatari is a classic Edo-period Japanese collection of supernatural and moralistic tales that has become one of the most influential works in Japanese literature.
All labels observed (1)
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| Ugetsu Monogatari canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17086040 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ugetsu Monogatari Context triple: [Edo literature, notableWork, Ugetsu Monogatari]
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A.
Kagemusha
Kagemusha is a 1980 Japanese period drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa that explores themes of identity and power through the story of a thief recruited to impersonate a dying warlord.
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B.
Rashōmon
Rashōmon is a seminal short story by Japanese writer Ryūnosuke Akutagawa that explores moral ambiguity and human desperation in a decaying Kyoto.
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C.
The Ballad of Narayama
The Ballad of Narayama is a 1983 Japanese film by Shōhei Imamura that portrays a remote village’s brutal custom of abandoning its elderly on a mountain, blending stark realism with folkloric themes.
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D.
Onibaba
Onibaba is a 1964 Japanese horror film by Kaneto Shindō, renowned for its stark black-and-white imagery and allegorical tale of survival, violence, and desire set in medieval rural Japan.
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E.
Ikiru
Ikiru is a 1952 Japanese drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa that follows a terminally ill bureaucrat’s search for meaning in his final days.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ugetsu Monogatari Target entity description: Ugetsu Monogatari is a classic Edo-period Japanese collection of supernatural and moralistic tales that has become one of the most influential works in Japanese literature.
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A.
Kagemusha
Kagemusha is a 1980 Japanese period drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa that explores themes of identity and power through the story of a thief recruited to impersonate a dying warlord.
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B.
Rashōmon
Rashōmon is a seminal short story by Japanese writer Ryūnosuke Akutagawa that explores moral ambiguity and human desperation in a decaying Kyoto.
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C.
The Ballad of Narayama
The Ballad of Narayama is a 1983 Japanese film by Shōhei Imamura that portrays a remote village’s brutal custom of abandoning its elderly on a mountain, blending stark realism with folkloric themes.
-
D.
Onibaba
Onibaba is a 1964 Japanese horror film by Kaneto Shindō, renowned for its stark black-and-white imagery and allegorical tale of survival, violence, and desire set in medieval rural Japan.
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E.
Ikiru
Ikiru is a 1952 Japanese drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa that follows a terminally ill bureaucrat’s search for meaning in his final days.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.