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