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