Scattered Clouds - Quiz
  • 1. What is the alternative English title of the film Scattered Clouds?
A) Scattered Dreams
B) Clouds in the Sky
C) Shadows of the Past
D) Two in the Shadow
  • 2. What is the Japanese title of Scattered Clouds?
A) Tokyo Monogatari
B) Midaregumo
C) Kumonosu-jo
D) Narusegumo
  • 3. In what year was Scattered Clouds released?
A) 1965
B) 1970
C) 1967
D) 1959
  • 4. Who directed the film Scattered Clouds?
A) Yasujiro Ozu
B) Akira Kurosawa
C) Kenji Mizoguchi
D) Mikio Naruse
  • 5. Which actor starred as Shiro Mishima?
A) Yūzō Kayama
B) Yū Fujiki
C) Yoshio Tsuchiya
D) Daisuke Katō
  • 6. Which actress starred as Yumiko?
A) Mitsuko Mori
B) Mie Hama
C) Yōko Tsukasa
D) Mitsuko Kusabue
  • 7. Scattered Clouds was Mikio Naruse's final film after a career starting in what year?
A) 1940
B) 1925
C) 1930
D) 1935
  • 8. What was the profession of Yumiko's husband Hiroshi?
A) Ministry of Economy employee
B) Film director
C) Car driver
D) Innkeeper
  • 9. How did Hiroshi die?
A) In a plane crash
B) In a train crash
C) In a car accident
D) Of an illness
  • 10. Who was driving the car that killed Hiroshi?
A) Shiro
B) Hayashida
C) Fujiwara
D) Ishikawa
  • 11. What was the legal outcome for Shiro following the car accident?
A) He fled the country immediately
B) He was imprisoned for five years
C) He was acquitted
D) He was convicted of manslaughter
  • 12. What did Shiro offer to pay Yumiko after the accident?
A) A monthly instalment
B) Daily wages
C) Annual dividends
D) A one-time lump sum
  • 13. Why did Yumiko initially reject Shiro's financial offer?
A) She did not know who he was
B) She refused it at first
C) The court forbade it
D) She wanted a much larger sum
  • 14. What happened to Yumiko after her husband died regarding his family?
A) Her husband's family adopted her child
B) They made her the sole heir
C) Her husband's family disowned her
D) They moved in with her
  • 15. What was the consequence of being disowned by her husband's family?
A) She became a government official
B) She was forced to leave Japan immediately
C) She was left without an inheritance
D) She received a massive fortune
  • 16. Where did Yumiko decide to work after her financial situation became precarious?
A) In the Ministry of Economy
B) In an inn run by her sister
C) In a Tokyo department store
D) In a Lahore hotel
  • 17. Near which location is her sister's inn situated?
A) Lake Ashi
B) Lake Biwa
C) Lake Towada
D) Lake Kawaguchi
  • 18. How did Shiro end up in the same area as Yumiko?
A) He was hiding from the police
B) He was reassigned by his employers
C) He went there on a holiday
D) He bought the local inn
  • 19. What eventually developed between Yumiko and Shiro in the area?
A) A business partnership
B) A mutual affection leading to a love affair
C) A legal dispute over money
D) A bitter lifelong feud
  • 20. What event brought Yumiko's past back with full power?
A) She saw Shiro's mother
B) She received a letter from her in-laws
C) She witnessed an accident
D) She met Hiroshi's ghost
  • 21. Where is Shiro transferred at the very end of the film?
A) Lahore, Pakistan
B) New York, USA
C) London, United Kingdom
D) Beijing, China
  • 22. Who played Ayako, Yumiko's sister?
A) Mie Hama
B) Mitsuko Mori
C) Kumeko Urabe
D) Mitsuko Kusabue
  • 23. Who played Katsuko, Yumiko's sister-in-law?
A) Mitsuko Mori
B) Kumeko Urabe
C) Yōko Tsukasa
D) Mitsuko Kusabue
  • 24. Which actress played Teruko?
A) Mitsuko Mori
B) Kumeko Urabe
C) Mie Hama
D) Yōko Tsukasa
  • 25. Who played Hayashida?
A) Yoshio Tsuchiya
B) Tadao Nakamaru
C) Daisuke Katō
D) Yū Fujiki
  • 26. Who played Hiroshi, Yumiko's husband?
A) Daisuke Katō
B) Tadao Nakamaru
C) Yūzō Kayama
D) Yoshio Tsuchiya
  • 27. Who played Ishikawa, Ayako's husband?
A) Yoshio Tsuchiya
B) Tadao Nakamaru
C) Daisuke Katō
D) Yū Fujiki
  • 28. Who played Fujiwara?
A) Yū Fujiki
B) Daisuke Katō
C) Yoshio Tsuchiya
D) Tadao Nakamaru
  • 29. Who played Nui, Shiro's mother?
A) Mie Hama
B) Kumeko Urabe
C) Mitsuko Kusabue
D) Mitsuko Mori
  • 30. At which institution was Scattered Clouds presented in 1981?
A) National Film Archive of Japan
B) Hong Kong International Film Festival
C) Museum of Modern Art
D) Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
  • 31. In which years was the film presented at the Museum of Modern Art according to the text?
A) 1967 and 1968
B) 1990 and 1995
C) 1985 and 1987
D) 1981 and 1983
  • 32. Who provided an introduction for the MoMA screening in 1987?
A) Akira Kurosawa
B) Yūzō Kayama
C) Donald Richie
D) Mikio Naruse
  • 33. What is Donald Richie's profession as mentioned in the text?
A) Film director
B) Producer
C) Actor
D) Historian
  • 34. At which film festival was Scattered Clouds shown in 2015?
A) Cannes Film Festival
B) 39th Hong Kong International Film Festival
C) Venice Film Festival
D) Berlin International Film Festival
  • 35. What was the context of the film's screening at the 2015 Hong Kong International Film Festival?
A) A tribute to Yōko Tsukasa
B) Competition for best foreign film
C) Opening night premiere
D) Part of a retrospective on the director
  • 36. Where were Yumiko and Hiroshi planning to depart for shortly before his death?
A) United Kingdom
B) Pakistan
C) United States
D) France
  • 37. What was Shiro Mishima's relation to Nui?
A) Nui was his wife
B) Nui was his aunt
C) Nui was his sister
D) Nui was his mother
  • 38. What was Ayako's relationship to Yumiko?
A) Cousin
B) Mother
C) Sister-in-law
D) Sister
  • 39. What was Katsuko's relationship to Yumiko?
A) Mother-in-law
B) Sister
C) Aunt
D) Sister-in-law
  • 40. Who is married to Ayako according to the cast list?
A) Ishikawa
B) Hiroshi
C) Shiro
D) Fujiwara
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