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