This story opens “A World in Decay,” the first section of Jay Rubin’s Penguin Classics translation of 18 of its author’s stories. (0[1])This story’s protagonist notices a cricket perched on some “crimson lacquer,” and is bothered by a pimple (20[2])on his (20[1])cheek (20[2]0[1])while he is told (20[2])about a woman who pretended to sell (20[1])dried (20[1])fish. (20[7]0[1])In (20[1])this story, (20[2])a newly-unemployed (20[1])servant tries to (20[1])decide between dying or taking up a life of crime before finding an old (20[1])woman (*) stealing (10[1])hair from corpses (10[2])to turn (10[1])into wigs. (10[1])This story lent its title to a 1950 film about a murdered samurai, whose plot (10[1])is largely based (10[1])on its author’s other story “In a Grove.” For 10 points, the title gate (10[1])provides the setting for what Ryūnosoke Akutagawa (“ree-oo-noh-SOO-kay ah-COO-ta-GAH-wah”) short story (10[1])that titles a film by Akira Kurosawa? (0[1])■END■ (0[2])