Tokyo Story - Quiz
Tokyo Story
  • 1. Which American film inspired Tokyo Story?
A) Citizen Kane
B) It's a Wonderful Life
C) Make Way for Tomorrow
D) All About Eve
  • 2. Who directed the American film that inspired Tokyo Story?
A) Leo McCarey
B) John Ford
C) Orson Welles
D) Frank Capra
  • 3. Who initially suggested the plot of the older film to Ozu?
A) David Bordwell
B) Chishū Ryū
C) Yūharu Atsuta
D) Noda
  • 4. What is the primary nature of the problems faced by the elderly couple in Tokyo Story?
A) Cultural and emotional
B) Economical
C) Educational
D) Political
  • 5. Where did Ozu and Noda develop the script over a period of 103 days?
A) Shochiku Ōfuna Studio
B) A hotel in Tokyo
C) A ryokan called Chigasakikan
D) An Onomichi inn
  • 6. In which city is Chigasakikan located?
A) Kamakura
B) Kyoto
C) Osaka
D) Chigasaki
  • 7. How long did Ozu, Noda, and Yūharu Atsuta spend scouting locations before shooting started?
A) Three months
B) Another month
C) Two weeks
D) Six months
  • 8. During which months did shooting and editing take place in 1953?
A) May to August
B) January to April
C) July to October
D) September to December
  • 9. Which major cast members participated in the Onomichi location shooting?
A) None of the major cast members
B) Ryū, Hara and Kagawa
C) Only Chishū Ryū
D) Hara and Ozu
  • 10. Where were all indoor scenes shot, except those at the Tokyo Station waiting area and in a passenger car?
A) A Tokyo soundstage
B) Shochiku Ōfuna Studio
C) Chigasakikan
D) An Onomichi studio
  • 11. In which city is the Shochiku Ōfuna Studio located?
A) Tokyo
B) Kamakura
C) Atami
D) Onomichi
  • 12. When was Ozu always the happiest, according to actor Chishū Ryū?
A) During the editing process
B) While scouting locations
C) When the film premiered
D) When finishing the final draft of a script
  • 13. What did Ozu call his film that tended 'most strongly to melodrama'?
A) Late Spring
B) The Only Son
C) Make Way for Tomorrow
D) Tokyo Story
  • 14. How did the viewer learn about certain key scenes like train journeys?
A) Through title cards
B) Through flashback sequences
C) Through the characters' dialogue
D) Through a narrator
  • 15. What camera height did Ozu strongly favor and use?
A) High
B) Eye level
C) Low
D) Bird's eye view
  • 16. What did film critic Roger Ebert note about the camera movement in Tokyo Story?
A) The camera never moves at all
B) The camera moves constantly
C) The camera pans in every scene
D) The camera moves once in the film
  • 17. What are the low camera positions reminiscent of?
A) Standing in a crowded train
B) Lying down on a bed
C) Sitting on a traditional Japanese tatami mat
D) Looking out a second-story window
  • 18. What filmmaking rule did Ozu often break?
A) The 30-degree rule
B) The rule of thirds
C) The 180-second rule
D) The 180-degree rule
  • 19. What do transitional shots often consist of in the film?
A) Still lifes of non-human subjects
B) Archival war footage
C) Interviews with townspeople
D) Fast-paced action sequences
  • 20. David Desser compared the film's style and de-emphasized plot to what?
A) Zen Buddhism
B) Western capitalism
C) Greek tragedy
D) Italian neorealism
  • 21. What is one of the primary themes in Tokyo Story?
A) The industrial revolution in Onomichi
B) Agricultural development in post-war Japan
C) The rise of the Japanese imperial navy
D) The break-up and Westernization of the traditional Japanese family
  • 22. What does the film contrast regarding the children and their parents?
A) Wealth in Osaka with poverty in Atami
B) Modern education with illiteracy
C) Military service with civilian life
D) Urban life in Tokyo with rural life of their parents
  • 23. In what year does Tokyo Story take place?
A) 1937
B) 1953
C) 1948
D) 1955
  • 24. Which code stimulated Japan's rapid re-growth and embraced Western capitalist ideals?
A) Meiji Constitution
B) New Civil Code of 1948
C) Tokyo Municipal Act
D) Post-War Trade Agreement
  • 25. With whom was Ozu very close, living with her as a surrogate wife and never marrying?
A) His sister
B) His cinematographer
C) His collaborator Noda
D) His own mother
  • 26. What genre of film is Tokyo Story considered for its depiction of ordinary people?
A) Jidai-geki
B) Kaiju
C) Shomin-geki
D) Anime
  • 27. Who wrote that Ozu 're-cast' the original film instead of adapting it?
A) Leo McCarey
B) David Bordwell
C) David Desser
D) Roger Ebert
  • 28. Who was the cinematographer for Tokyo Story?
A) Kogo Noda
B) Yasujirō Ozu
C) Chishū Ryū
D) Yūharu Atsuta
  • 29. Which of the following is NOT one of the Tokyo locations where filming took place?
A) Adachi
B) Taitō
C) Chūō
D) Kyoto
  • 30. What non-human subjects appeared in the transitional still life shots?
A) Smokestacks and landscapes
B) Clock towers and bridges
C) Books and teacups
D) Automobiles and neon signs
  • 31. Who directed Tokyo Story?
A) Keizo
B) Yasujirō Ozu
C) Chieko Higashiyama
D) Sight and Sound
E) Chishū Ryū
  • 32. What award did Tokyo Story win in London in 1958?
A) Academy Award for Best Foreign Film
B) Sutherland Trophy
C) Palme d'Or
D) Golden Globe
  • 33. In what year was Tokyo Story screened in New York City and praised by U.S. film critics?
A) 1953
B) 1972
C) 1957
D) 2012
  • 34. Where do Shūkichi and Tomi live with their daughter Kyōko?
A) Onomichi
B) Osaka
C) Atami
D) Tokyo
  • 35. What is Kyōko's profession?
A) Office worker
B) Physician
C) Primary school teacher
D) Hairdresser
  • 36. How many adult children do Shūkichi and Tomi have in total?
A) Five
B) Four
C) Three
D) Six
  • 37. How many of Shūkichi and Tomi's children live in Tokyo?
A) Five
B) Three
C) Two
D) Four
  • 38. What is the profession of the eldest son, Kōichi?
A) Primary school teacher
B) Hairdresser
C) Policeman
D) Physician
  • 39. What does eldest daughter Shige run?
A) Hairdressing salon
B) Office
C) Hot spring spa
D) Clinic
  • 40. Who is Noriko?
A) Youngest daughter
B) Widowed daughter-in-law
C) Eldest daughter
D) Primary school teacher
  • 41. Who takes time from her demanding office job to take the parents on a sightseeing tour?
A) Noriko
B) Shige
C) Tomi
D) Kyōko
  • 42. Where do Kōichi and Shige pay for their parents to stay?
A) A clinic in Tokyo suburbs
B) Ueno Park
C) A hotel in Osaka
D) A hot spring spa at Atami
  • 43. Where do the elderly couple spend the afternoon after being displaced by Shige's meeting?
A) Onomichi
B) Atami
C) Ueno Park
D) Osaka
  • 44. Who brings Shūkichi and his friend to Shige's salon?
A) A policeman
B) Keizō
C) Kōichi
D) Noriko
  • 45. Whom do the couple intend to see in Osaka when returning home?
A) Kōichi
B) Noriko
C) Keizō
D) Shōji
  • 46. Why do Shūkichi and Tomi disembark the train in Osaka?
A) The train broke down
B) Tomi suddenly becomes ill
C) Keizō invited them to dinner
D) They missed their stop
  • 47. What happens after the couple returns to Onomichi?
A) Kyōko moves to Tokyo
B) Shūkichi starts drinking again
C) Tomi falls critically ill
D) Noriko gets married
  • 48. Who criticises her siblings over their selfishness toward their parents after the funeral?
A) Kyōko
B) Shige
C) Tomi
D) Noriko
  • 49. What does Shige ask for very quickly after Tomi's death?
A) The family watch
B) Tomi's clothes as keepsakes
C) Money from the clinic
D) The house in Onomichi
  • 50. What does Shūkichi give Noriko as a memento from the late Tomi?
A) A watch
B) A ring
C) A photograph
D) A dress
  • 51. What is Shūkichi left with at the end of the film?
A) All of his children by his side
B) A bustling life in Tokyo
C) The solitude he must endure
D) Noriko living with him in Onomichi
  • 52. Who won the Mainichi Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as the eldest daughter Shige?
A) Lindsay Anderson
B) Yasujiro Ozu
C) Stanley Kauffmann
D) Haruko Sugimura
  • 53. In what year was Tokyo Story screened at the National Film Theatre in London?
A) 1953
B) 1960
C) 1972
D) 1957
  • 54. Which film's success at the 1951 Venice Film Festival led to international distribution for Japanese films?
A) Tokyo Story
B) Rashomon
C) Psycho
D) The Mirror
E) Make Way for Tomorrow
  • 55. Who directed the 1951 film Rashomon?
A) McCarey
B) Yasujiro Ozu
C) Derek Malcolm
D) Akira Kurosawa
  • 56. During which decade did Ozu's films begin to be screened in New York City?
A) 1960s
B) 1970s
C) 1940s
D) 1950s
  • 57. Who wrote that Tokyo Story is 'a film about relationships, a film about time, and how it affects human beings'?
A) Roger Ebert
B) Charles Micherer
C) Lindsay Anderson
D) Stanley Kauffmann
  • 58. Who compared Tokyo Story to a Japanese paper flower dropped into water?
A) Stanley Kauffmann
B) Charles Micherer
C) John Walker
D) David Thomson
  • 59. What publication did Charles Micherer write for when reviewing Tokyo Story?
A) Time
B) Newsweek
C) The Village Voice
D) Cahiers du Cinéma
  • 60. What was distributor rental earnings for Tokyo Story in Japan in 1953?
A) ¥53 million
B) ¥131.65 million
C) ¥200 million
D) ¥100 million
  • 61. How many tickets did the film sell upon release in France in 1978?
A) 177,456
B) 53,000
C) 92,810
D) 84,646
  • 62. What percentage of the 53 critics' reviews on Rotten Tomatoes are positive for Tokyo Story?
A) 90%
B) 95%
C) 100%
D) 88%
  • 63. What is the average rating of Tokyo Story on Rotten Tomatoes out of 10?
A) 8.5
B) 9.6
C) 10.0
D) 9.0
  • 64. Who placed Tokyo Story at the top of his published list of the best 1000 films ever made?
A) Martin Scorsese
B) John Walker
C) Derek Malcolm
D) Roger Ebert
  • 65. Which film critic included Tokyo Story in his list titled The Century of Films?
A) Eric Hynes
B) Derek Malcolm
C) Leonard Maltin
D) Wally Hammond
  • 66. Which magazine lists Tokyo Story among its All-Time 100 Movies?
A) The Village Voice
B) Entertainment Weekly
C) Time
D) Newsweek
  • 67. Who placed Tokyo Story in the 'Gold' section of his Film Canon?
A) Martin Scorsese
B) Arthur Nolletti Jr
C) Paul Schrader
D) Roger Ebert
  • 68. Which filmmaker included Tokyo Story on a list of '39 Essential Foreign Films for a Young Filmmaker'?
A) Yasujiro Ozu
B) Paul Schrader
C) Akira Kurosawa
D) Martin Scorsese
  • 69. According to David Bordwell, Ozu was doing what to the American film Make Way for Tomorrow?
A) Ignoring it
B) Destroying it
C) Recasting it
D) Dubbing it
  • 70. What immediate social reality shapes the condition in McCarey's Make Way for Tomorrow?
A) The Great Depression
B) Postwar push toward industrialization
C) The Cold War
D) World War II
  • 71. What immediate social reality shapes the condition in Ozu's Tokyo Story?
A) Feudalism
B) The Great Depression
C) Intensified postwar push toward industrialization
D) The rise of television
  • 72. In The Village Voice, who argued that time itself is Ozu's most potent weapon?
A) Derek Malcolm
B) John Walker
C) Eric Hynes
D) Wally Hammond
  • 73. What ranking did The Village Voice give Tokyo Story in its 1999 list of Best Films of the Century?
A) Number 36
B) Number 14
C) Number 1
D) Number 95
  • 74. At what position was Tokyo Story voted on the '100 Greatest Films' list by Cahiers du Cinéma in 2008?
A) No. 95
B) No. 50
C) No. 1
D) No. 14
  • 75. Which Japanese film magazine named Tokyo Story The Greatest Japanese Film of All Time in 2009?
A) Sight and Sound
B) Cahiers du Cinéma
C) Kinema Junpo
D) Newsweek
  • 76. What position did Entertainment Weekly rank Tokyo Story on its list of the greatest films of all time?
A) 1st
B) 14th
C) 95th
D) 36th
  • 77. On the British Film Institute's Sight and Sound critics' poll, what rank did Tokyo Story achieve in 2012?
A) Third
B) Fifth
C) Seventeenth
D) First
  • 78. On the Sight and Sound directors' poll, what position did Tokyo Story achieve in 2012?
A) Seventeenth
B) Fifth
C) Topped the poll
D) Fourth
  • 79. How many votes out of 358 did Tokyo Story receive to top the Sight and Sound directors' poll in 2012?
A) 100
B) 14
C) 48
D) 358
  • 80. What rank did The Guardian give Tokyo Story in its 2010 list of 25 greatest arthouse films?
A) Third
B) Fourth
C) First
D) Fifth
  • 81. Which German director drew inspiration from Tokyo Story for a 2008 film?
A) Yasujirō Ozu
B) Akira Kurosawa
C) Yōji Yamada
D) Doris Dörrie
  • 82. What is the title of Doris Dörrie's 2008 film inspired by Tokyo Story?
A) Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
B) Tokyo Family
C) Tōkyō Kazoku
D) Cherry Blossoms
  • 83. Which company released a restored version of Tokyo Story on DVD and Blu-ray for Region 1?
A) BFI
B) Doris Dörrie Films
C) The Criterion Collection
D) Tartan Video
  • 84. Which company released the film on DVD and Blu-ray for Region 2?
A) The Criterion Collection
B) Cherry Blossoms Productions
C) Tartan Video
D) BFI
  • 85. In what year did the BFI release a Region 2 dual-format edition of the film?
A) 2008
B) 2013
C) 2011
D) 2010
  • 86. What type of edition did the BFI release in 2010?
A) Region 3 DVD only
B) Region 2 dual-format edition
C) Region 2 VHS edition
D) Region 1 Blu-ray only
  • 87. Which year was Doris Dörrie's film Cherry Blossoms released?
A) 2010
B) 2013
C) 2005
D) 2008
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