Ikiru - Test
Ikiru
  • 1. Who directed the film 'Ikiru'?
A) Yasujiro Ozu
B) Akira Kurosawa
C) Takeshi Kitano
D) Hayao Miyazaki
  • 2. What year was 'Ikiru' released?
A) 1978
B) 1965
C) 1983
D) 1952
  • 3. What is the main character's name in 'Ikiru'?
A) Takashi Saito
B) Yusuke Kobayashi
C) Hiroshi Nakai
D) Kanji Watanabe
  • 4. What genre is 'Ikiru'?
A) Drama
B) Thriller
C) Science Fiction
D) Comedy
  • 5. What does Kanji Watanabe build as his final act of redemption?
A) A Hospital
B) A Library
C) A Garden
D) A Playground
  • 6. What does 'Ikiru' mean in English?
A) Hope
B) Love
C) Dream
D) To Live
  • 7. How does Kanji Watanabe initially react to his diagnosis?
A) With Denial
B) With Anger
C) With Confusion
D) With Acceptance
  • 8. What is the running time of 'Ikiru'?
A) 175 minutes
B) 210 minutes
C) 98 minutes
D) 143 minutes
  • 9. Where does much of the story in 'Ikiru' take place?
A) Hospital
B) School
C) City Hall
D) Park
  • 10. Which novella partly inspired the screenplay for 'Ikiru'?
A) War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
B) Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
C) Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
D) The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy
  • 11. What position did Kanji Watanabe hold in 'Ikiru'?
A) Doctor
B) School teacher
C) Tokyo public works department bureaucrat
D) Lawyer
  • 12. What personal event prompts Kanji Watanabe to seek meaning in 'Ikiru'?
A) Loss of his job
B) Diagnosis of terminal stomach cancer
C) Death of his wife
D) Retirement from his job
  • 13. What does Kanji Watanabe initially attempt to do after learning about his illness?
A) Move out of Tokyo
B) Tell his son Mitsuo about the cancer
C) Start a new business
D) Resign from his job immediately
  • 14. What song does Kanji Watanabe sing in the nightclub?
A) "Gondola no Uta" ("Life is Brief")
B) "Tokyo Nights"
C) "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"
D) "The Last Dance"
  • 15. Who does Kanji Watanabe encounter that influences his perspective on life?
A) His wife
B) An old friend from college
C) Toyo, a young female subordinate
D) A famous novelist
  • 16. What symbolizes 'meaningless activity' in the film?
A) Paperwork
B) Education
C) Technology
D) Money
  • 17. How is Japanese healthcare depicted in 'Ikiru'?
A) As innovative and cutting-edge
B) As affordable and accessible
C) As efficient and patient-centered
D) As overly bureaucratic and paternalistic
  • 18. Under what title was 'Ikiru' released in California in 1956?
A) Doomed
B) Watanabe's Last Days
C) The Life of Kanji Watanabe
D) Swing of Life
  • 19. Which film festival screened 'Ikiru' in 1954?
A) Venice Film Festival
B) Toronto International Film Festival
C) Cannes Film Festival
D) Berlin International Film Festival
  • 20. Which critic called 'Ikiru' a 'strangely fascinating and affecting film'?
A) Wally Hammond
B) Roger Ebert
C) David Conrad
D) Bosley Crowther
  • 21. Which magazine ranked 'Ikiru' 459th on its list of the 500 greatest movies of all time in 2008?
A) The New Yorker
B) Empire
C) Variety
D) Time Out
  • 22. Which publication included 'Ikiru' in its list of The 100 greatest foreign language films?
A) Sight & Sound
B) BBC
C) The Village Voice
D) Time
  • 23. What rating does 'Ikiru' have on Rotten Tomatoes?
A) 75% positive rating
B) 85% positive rating
C) 98% positive rating
D) 65% positive rating
  • 24. Which critic's poll ranked 'Ikiru' 12th in 1972?
A) Time Out London poll
B) Empire magazine poll
C) Variety staff poll
D) Sight & Sound critics poll
  • 25. Which critic included 'Ikiru' on a list of 39 Essential Foreign Films for a Young Filmmaker?
A) Martin Scorsese
B) Bosley Crowther
C) Wally Hammond
D) Roger Ebert
  • 26. Which publication ranked 'Ikiru' at number 212 in its list of the top 250 Best Films of the Century?
A) Variety
B) Time Out London
C) Empire magazine
D) The Village Voice
  • 27. Which magazine ranked 'Ikiru' 44th on its list of The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema?
A) Variety
B) The Village Voice
C) Time Out London
D) Empire magazine
  • 28. Which film magazine voted 'Ikiru' No. 13 on its list of The Greatest Japanese Films of All Time?
A) The Village Voice
B) Kinema Junpo
C) Time Out London
D) Empire magazine
  • 29. In which year did 'Ikiru' rank 127th and 132nd on critic's and director's poll respectively in Sight & Sound Top 250 Films list?
A) 1999
B) 1972
C) 2012
D) 2008
  • 30. Which publication named 'Ikiru' one of the 10 most overrated films in 2016?
A) The Daily Telegraph
B) Time Out London
C) Empire magazine
D) Variety
  • 31. At which Berlin International Film Festival did 'Ikiru' compete for the Golden Bear?
A) 6th
B) 7th
C) 4th
D) 5th
  • 32. In what year was 'Ikiru' remade as a Japanese television film?
A) 2008
B) 2007
C) 2010
D) 2009
  • 33. Which kabuki actor starred in the 2007 TV remake of 'Ikiru'?
A) Matsumoto Kōshirō IX
B) Bandō Tamasaburō
C) Ichikawa Ennosuke III
D) Onoe Matsunosuke
  • 34. Which Indian-Hindi film was inspired by 'Ikiru'?
A) Anand
B) Mother India
C) Sholay
D) Deewar
  • 35. Who was originally set to adapt the screenplay for the U.S. remake of 'Ikiru'?
A) Aaron Sorkin
B) Charlie Kaufman
C) Richard Price
D) David Mamet
  • 36. Who agreed to direct the U.S. remake of 'Ikiru' in 2004?
A) Jim Sheridan
B) Steven Spielberg
C) Martin Scorsese
D) Clint Eastwood
  • 37. Who starred as the lead role in the planned U.S. remake of 'Ikiru'?
A) Brad Pitt
B) George Clooney
C) Tom Hanks
D) Leonardo DiCaprio
  • 38. Who wrote the book for the musical adaptation of 'Ikiru' produced in Japan?
A) Yasunari Kawabata
B) Chikae Takahashi
C) Ryunosuke Akutagawa
D) Haruki Murakami
  • 39. Who composed the music for the 2020 Japanese musical adaptation of 'Ikiru'?
A) Hans Zimmer
B) John Williams
C) Ennio Morricone
D) Jason Howland
  • 40. Who adapted the British remake titled 'Living' of 'Ikiru'?
A) Ian McEwan
B) Zadie Smith
C) Hilary Mantel
D) Kazuo Ishiguro
  • 41. Who directed the British remake 'Living' of 'Ikiru'?
A) Alfonso Cuarón
B) Christopher Nolan
C) Oliver Hermanus
D) Ridley Scott
  • 42. Who starred in the British remake 'Living' of 'Ikiru'?
A) Daniel Day-Lewis
B) Colin Firth
C) Gary Oldman
D) Bill Nighy
  • 43. In which year was the British remake 'Living' released?
A) 2024
B) 2022
C) 2023
D) 2021
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