Ikiru - Test
Ikiru
  • 1. Who directed the film 'Ikiru'?
A) Takeshi Kitano
B) Hayao Miyazaki
C) Akira Kurosawa
D) Yasujiro Ozu
  • 2. What year was 'Ikiru' released?
A) 1952
B) 1978
C) 1983
D) 1965
  • 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) Science Fiction
B) Drama
C) Thriller
D) Comedy
  • 5. What does Kanji Watanabe build as his final act of redemption?
A) A Playground
B) A Hospital
C) A Library
D) A Garden
  • 6. What does 'Ikiru' mean in English?
A) To Live
B) Dream
C) Love
D) Hope
  • 7. How does Kanji Watanabe initially react to his diagnosis?
A) With Confusion
B) With Denial
C) With Acceptance
D) With Anger
  • 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) City Hall
C) School
D) Hospital
  • 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) Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
D) War and Peace 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) Diagnosis of terminal stomach cancer
C) Retirement from his job
D) Death of his wife
  • 13. What does Kanji Watanabe initially attempt to do after learning about his illness?
A) Move out of Tokyo
B) Start a new business
C) Resign from his job immediately
D) Tell his son Mitsuo about the cancer
  • 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) Toyo, a young female subordinate
B) A famous novelist
C) An old friend from college
D) His wife
  • 16. What symbolizes 'meaningless activity' in the film?
A) Education
B) Money
C) Paperwork
D) Technology
  • 17. How is Japanese healthcare depicted in 'Ikiru'?
A) As affordable and accessible
B) As overly bureaucratic and paternalistic
C) As efficient and patient-centered
D) As innovative and cutting-edge
  • 18. Who was originally set to adapt the screenplay for the U.S. remake of 'Ikiru'?
A) Charlie Kaufman
B) Richard Price
C) Aaron Sorkin
D) David Mamet
  • 19. What rating does 'Ikiru' have on Rotten Tomatoes?
A) 75% positive rating
B) 85% positive rating
C) 98% 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) Empire magazine
B) The Village Voice
C) Time Out London
D) Kinema Junpo
  • 21. Which Indian-Hindi film was inspired by 'Ikiru'?
A) Deewar
B) Sholay
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) Variety
C) Time Out London
D) The Village Voice
  • 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) Variety
B) Empire magazine
C) The Daily Telegraph
D) Time Out London
  • 25. Who directed the British remake 'Living' of 'Ikiru'?
A) Oliver Hermanus
B) Ridley Scott
C) Alfonso Cuarón
D) Christopher Nolan
  • 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) Bosley Crowther
D) Wally Hammond
  • 28. In what year was 'Ikiru' remade as a Japanese television film?
A) 2008
B) 2009
C) 2007
D) 2010
  • 29. Which critic's poll ranked 'Ikiru' 12th in 1972?
A) Empire magazine poll
B) Time Out London poll
C) Variety staff 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) Empire
C) Time Out
D) The New Yorker
  • 31. At which Berlin International Film Festival did 'Ikiru' compete for the Golden Bear?
A) 6th
B) 7th
C) 5th
D) 4th
  • 32. Under what title was 'Ikiru' released in California in 1956?
A) The Life of Kanji Watanabe
B) Watanabe's Last Days
C) Doomed
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) Time Out London
C) Empire magazine
D) The Village Voice
  • 34. Who starred in the British remake 'Living' of 'Ikiru'?
A) Colin Firth
B) Daniel Day-Lewis
C) Bill Nighy
D) Gary Oldman
  • 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) 2021
B) 2022
C) 2023
D) 2024
  • 37. Which film festival screened 'Ikiru' in 1954?
A) Cannes Film Festival
B) Toronto International Film Festival
C) Berlin International Film Festival
D) Venice Film Festival
  • 38. Who starred as the lead role in the planned U.S. remake of 'Ikiru'?
A) Tom Hanks
B) Brad Pitt
C) George Clooney
D) Leonardo DiCaprio
  • 39. 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
  • 40. Who wrote the book for the musical adaptation of 'Ikiru' produced in Japan?
A) Ryunosuke Akutagawa
B) Yasunari Kawabata
C) Chikae Takahashi
D) Haruki Murakami
  • 41. Which critic included 'Ikiru' on a list of 39 Essential Foreign Films for a Young Filmmaker?
A) Martin Scorsese
B) Bosley Crowther
C) Wally Hammond
D) Roger Ebert
  • 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) BBC
B) Time
C) The Village Voice
D) Sight & Sound
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