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