Question
This story opens “A World in Decay,” the first section of Jay Rubin’s Penguin Classics translation of 18 of its author’s stories. This story’s protagonist notices a cricket perched on some “crimson lacquer,” and is bothered by a pimple on his cheek while he is told about a woman who pretended to sell dried fish. In this story, a newly-unemployed servant tries to decide between dying or taking up a life of crime before finding an old woman (*) stealing hair from corpses to turn into wigs. This story lent its title to a 1950 film about a murdered samurai, whose plot is largely based on its author’s other story “In a Grove.” For 10 points, the title gate provides the setting for what Ryūnosoke Akutagawa (“ree-oo-noh-SOO-kay ah-COO-ta-GAH-wah”) short story that titles a film by Akira Kurosawa? ■END■
Summary
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Yaj Jhajhria | Canyon Crest | Belmont | 21 | 0 |
Braden Booth | Dallas County | Johns Creek B | 38 | 20 |
Camden Williams | Mexico | Lincoln-Way East | 38 | 20 |
Evan Schleck | Hunter A | Irvington A | 40 | 20 |
Coby Thammavong | Rockford Auburn A | Maggie Walker A | 41 | 20 |
Chris Yoo | Thomas Jefferson B | Washington | 41 | 20 |
Abigail AuYeung | Hinsdale Central | Waukee | 41 | 0 |
Arjun Kala | University Lab | Heights | 45 | 20 |
Elliott Lee | Thomas Jefferson A | Woodland | 45 | 20 |
Cindy Gao | Belmont | Canyon Crest | 52 | 20 |
Yashwanth Bajji | Troy | Innovation Academy B | 53 | 20 |
Charles Heydt | Midtown | Carbondale | 54 | 0 |
Ali Hamzeh | Kinkaid | Choate Rosemary Hall | 54 | 20 |
Omkar Marathe | William Fremd | Hunter B | 54 | 20 |
Kyunghwan Lim | Chattahoochee A | West Point | 54 | 20 |
Dominic Apap | Detroit Catholic Central B | John Adams B | 54 | 20 |
Nathan Wu | Plymouth | Thomas Jefferson C | 54 | 20 |
Rachel Ezrielev | Richard Montgomery | Northmont A | 54 | 20 |
Tanay Bodducherla | Mira Loma | Thomas Jefferson D | 54 | 20 |
Rohan Navaneetha | Solon | Maggie Walker B | 55 | 20 |
Monit Karmaker | Stevenson A | Moberly | 57 | 20 |
Sam Asplund | Winnebago | Johns Creek A | 57 | 20 |
Krish Chinta | Innovation Academy A | St. Mark's | 59 | 20 |
Rohan Kher | Barrington A | Dunbar | 62 | 20 |
Brielle Rach | Rockford Auburn B | Winston Churchill A | 76 | 20 |
Arnou Thammarak | New Brighton | Elkhorn North | 78 | 10 |
Nick Murray | Detroit Catholic Central A | Belvidere | 81 | 10 |
Aeres Zhou | Detroit Country Day | Parkway West | 81 | 10 |
Sean Lee | Chattahoochee B | Detroit Catholic Central C | 83 | 10 |
Kaitlyn Leonard | Barrington B | Norman | 85 | 10 |
Riona Duncan | Walter Payton | Northmont B | 100 | 10 |
Luca Balescu | Mercer County | Stevenson B | 103 | 10 |
Colette Kendrick | Winston Churchill B | Cincinnati Hills Christian | 117 | 10 |
Eden Blakemore | John Adams A | Norris | 126 | 10 |
Miles Sierra | Waukee | Hinsdale Central | 133 | 0 |
Thomas Belcher | Saint Joseph | Hoover B | 134 | 0 |
Michael Carey | Hoover B | Saint Joseph | 134 | 0 |