Ikiru - Quiz
Ikiru
  • 1. Who directed the film 'Ikiru'?
A) Akira Kurosawa
B) Takeshi Kitano
C) Yasujiro Ozu
D) Hayao Miyazaki
  • 2. What year was 'Ikiru' released?
A) 1965
B) 1952
C) 1978
D) 1983
  • 3. What is the main character's name in 'Ikiru'?
A) Kanji Watanabe
B) Takashi Saito
C) Hiroshi Nakai
D) Yusuke Kobayashi
  • 4. What genre is 'Ikiru'?
A) Science Fiction
B) Comedy
C) Thriller
D) Drama
  • 5. What does Kanji Watanabe build as his final act of redemption?
A) A Hospital
B) A Playground
C) A Library
D) A Garden
  • 6. What does 'Ikiru' mean in English?
A) Dream
B) To Live
C) Love
D) Hope
  • 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) 98 minutes
B) 210 minutes
C) 143 minutes
D) 175 minutes
  • 9. Where does much of the story in 'Ikiru' take place?
A) City Hall
B) Park
C) School
D) Hospital
  • 10. Which novella partly inspired the screenplay for 'Ikiru'?
A) The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy
B) Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
C) War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
D) Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • 11. What position did Kanji Watanabe hold in 'Ikiru'?
A) School teacher
B) Tokyo public works department bureaucrat
C) Doctor
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) Tell his son Mitsuo about the cancer
B) Start a new business
C) Move out of Tokyo
D) Resign from his job immediately
  • 14. What song does Kanji Watanabe sing in the nightclub?
A) "The Last Dance"
B) "Tokyo Nights"
C) "Gondola no Uta" ("Life is Brief")
D) "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"
  • 15. Who does Kanji Watanabe encounter that influences his perspective on life?
A) An old friend from college
B) A famous novelist
C) Toyo, a young female subordinate
D) His wife
  • 16. What symbolizes 'meaningless activity' in the film?
A) Paperwork
B) Money
C) Technology
D) Education
  • 17. How is Japanese healthcare depicted in 'Ikiru'?
A) As overly bureaucratic and paternalistic
B) As affordable and accessible
C) As innovative and cutting-edge
D) As efficient and patient-centered
  • 18. Who was originally set to adapt the screenplay for the U.S. remake of 'Ikiru'?
A) Richard Price
B) Aaron Sorkin
C) David Mamet
D) Charlie Kaufman
  • 19. What rating does 'Ikiru' have on Rotten Tomatoes?
A) 75% positive rating
B) 98% positive rating
C) 85% positive rating
D) 65% 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) Mother India
C) Deewar
D) Sholay
  • 22. Which magazine ranked 'Ikiru' 44th on its list of The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema?
A) The Village Voice
B) Time Out London
C) Variety
D) Empire magazine
  • 23. Who adapted the British remake titled 'Living' of 'Ikiru'?
A) Kazuo Ishiguro
B) Ian McEwan
C) Hilary Mantel
D) Zadie Smith
  • 24. Which publication named 'Ikiru' one of the 10 most overrated films in 2016?
A) Variety
B) Time Out London
C) Empire magazine
D) The Daily Telegraph
  • 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) Steven Spielberg
B) Jim Sheridan
C) Martin Scorsese
D) Clint Eastwood
  • 27. Which critic called 'Ikiru' a 'strangely fascinating and affecting film'?
A) Roger Ebert
B) David Conrad
C) Wally Hammond
D) Bosley Crowther
  • 28. In what year was 'Ikiru' remade as a Japanese television film?
A) 2009
B) 2007
C) 2008
D) 2010
  • 29. Which critic's poll ranked 'Ikiru' 12th in 1972?
A) Variety staff poll
B) Time Out London poll
C) Empire magazine 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) Variety
B) The New Yorker
C) Time Out
D) Empire
  • 31. At which Berlin International Film Festival did 'Ikiru' compete for the Golden Bear?
A) 5th
B) 4th
C) 6th
D) 7th
  • 32. Under what title was 'Ikiru' released in California in 1956?
A) Watanabe's Last Days
B) The Life of Kanji Watanabe
C) Swing of Life
D) Doomed
  • 33. 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) The Village Voice
D) Empire magazine
  • 34. Who starred in the British remake 'Living' of 'Ikiru'?
A) Daniel Day-Lewis
B) Colin Firth
C) Gary Oldman
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) 2012
B) 1999
C) 2008
D) 1972
  • 36. In which year was the British remake 'Living' released?
A) 2024
B) 2022
C) 2021
D) 2023
  • 37. Which film festival screened 'Ikiru' in 1954?
A) Toronto International Film Festival
B) Cannes Film Festival
C) Venice Film Festival
D) Berlin International Film Festival
  • 38. Who starred as the lead role in the planned U.S. remake of 'Ikiru'?
A) Brad Pitt
B) Leonardo DiCaprio
C) Tom Hanks
D) George Clooney
  • 39. Which kabuki actor starred in the 2007 TV remake of 'Ikiru'?
A) Onoe Matsunosuke
B) Ichikawa Ennosuke III
C) Matsumoto Kōshirō IX
D) Bandō Tamasaburō
  • 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) Martin Scorsese
D) Bosley Crowther
  • 42. Who composed the music for the 2020 Japanese musical adaptation of 'Ikiru'?
A) Hans Zimmer
B) Ennio Morricone
C) Jason Howland
D) John Williams
  • 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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