Tokyo Sonata - Quiz
  • 1. In what year was Tokyo Sonata released?
A) 2006
B) 2004
C) 2008
D) 2010
  • 2. Who directed Tokyo Sonata?
A) Hayao Miyazaki
B) Kiyoshi Kurosawa
C) Takeshi Kitano
D) Takashi Miike
  • 3. Which actor plays the father, Ryūhei Sasaki?
A) Teruyuki Kagawa
B) Yū Koyanagi
C) Kōji Yakusho
D) Kanji Tsuda
  • 4. Which actress plays the mother, Megumi Sasaki?
A) Rinko Kikuchi
B) Kyōko Koizumi
C) Hiromi Nagasaku
D) Haruka Igawa
  • 5. At which film festival did Tokyo Sonata premiere in May 2008?
A) Toronto International Film Festival
B) Cannes Film Festival
C) Venice Film Festival
D) Berlin International Film Festival
  • 6. What award did Tokyo Sonata win at the Cannes Film Festival?
A) Prix Un Certain Regard
B) Grand Prix
C) Jury Prize
D) Palme d'Or
  • 7. What is the name of the middle-schooler son in the Sasaki family?
A) Takashi
B) Ryūhei
C) Kenji
D) Kurosu
  • 8. What is the name of the late teen son in the Sasaki family?
A) Ryūhei
B) Kurosu
C) Kenji
D) Takashi
  • 9. Why does Ryūhei lose his office job?
A) He commits financial fraud
B) His company decides to hire Chinese workers for cheaper
C) He gets into a fight with his boss
D) He quits to pursue music
  • 10. Who is the old classmate Ryūhei encounters after losing his job?
A) Kaneko
B) Takashi
C) Kenji
D) Kurosu
  • 11. What tragic event happens to Kurosu and his wife?
A) Double suicide
B) They divorce
C) They open a successful restaurant
D) They win the lottery and move away
  • 12. Why does Takashi leave Japan?
A) To join the United States military
B) To find a corporate job
C) To travel with a burglar
D) To study piano in Paris
  • 13. What instrument does Kenji wish to learn to play?
A) Flute
B) Guitar
C) Piano
D) Violin
  • 14. How does Kenji pay for his secret piano lessons?
A) By working part-time as a janitor
B) With stolen cash from a mall bathroom
C) With money saved from his allowance
D) With his lunch money
  • 15. What is the name of Kenji's piano teacher?
A) Kyōko
B) Miss Kaneko
C) Haruka
D) Megumi
  • 16. How does Ryūhei react when he finds out about Kenji's piano lessons?
A) He physically abuses Kenji and accidentally pushes him down the stairs
B) He fires Miss Kaneko
C) He forces Kenji to join the military
D) He calmly accepts it and buys him a new piano
  • 17. Who breaks into the Sasaki family house looking for money?
A) An unemployed man
B) Kurosu
C) An old office coworker
D) A police officer
  • 18. What was the burglar's former failed business?
A) A security firm
B) A locksmith
C) A piano academy
D) A translation service
  • 19. Where does Ryūhei end up working as a janitor?
A) An airport
B) A mall
C) A school
D) A train station
  • 20. What does Ryūhei find next to a toilet while cleaning the mall bathroom?
A) His old office badge
B) A broken keyboard
C) A stolen car key
D) A fat envelope full of cash
  • 21. What happens when Ryūhei exits the mall bathroom?
A) He gets arrested by the police
B) He runs into his old classmate Kurosu
C) He accidentally runs into Megumi
D) He is fired by his manager
  • 22. Why is Kenji kept in an adult group cell overnight?
A) For trying to stowaway on a bus
B) For stealing lunch money
C) For vandalizing a school
D) For breaking into a house
  • 23. Where do Megumi and the burglar spend the night during their journey?
A) In an abandoned train station
B) In a luxury hotel in Tokyo
C) In a wood shed by the beach
D) In Ryūhei's office building
  • 24. What does the burglar do with the stolen car the next morning?
A) He returns it to the police
B) He leaves it parked at the mall
C) He sells it for cash
D) He drives it into the ocean
  • 25. What happens to Ryūhei after fleeing from his wife at the mall and wandering outside?
A) He is victim to a hit and run
B) He gets lost in the mountains
C) He wins the lottery
D) He finds a new corporate job
  • 26. What does Ryūhei do with the envelope of cash the day after the hit and run?
A) He keeps it to pay his bills
B) He uses it to buy Kenji a piano
C) He gives it to the police station directly
D) He drops it off in a nearby lost and found box
  • 27. How long after their journeys does the family situation show a settled change?
A) Six months
B) Two weeks
C) Four months
D) One year
  • 28. Where does Takashi decide to remain to continue his personal journey?
A) The United States
B) The Middle East
C) China
D) France
  • 29. What piece of music does Kenji play flawlessly at his audition in the final scene?
A) Mozart's "Sonata in C major"
B) Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata"
C) Chopin's "Nocturne in E-flat major"
D) Claude Debussy's "Clair de Lune"
  • 30. How do Kenji's parents react to his piano performance at the audition?
A) Ryūhei drags him off the stage in anger
B) They walk out of the auditorium in disappointment
C) They stay behind to talk to the judges
D) They are moved to tears and accompany him as they leave
  • 31. What percentage of 87 critics' reviews on Rotten Tomatoes are positive for Tokyo Sonata?
A) 75%
B) 94%
C) 80%
D) 100%
  • 32. Which genre is director Kiyoshi Kurosawa primarily associated with according to the Rotten Tomatoes consensus?
A) Romance
B) Comedy
C) J-Horror
D) Action
  • 33. What score out of 100 did Metacritic assign to Tokyo Sonata?
A) 85
B) 94
C) 75
D) 80
  • 34. Based on Metacritic's score, what type of reviews did Tokyo Sonata indicate?
A) Universal acclaim
B) Mixed or average
C) Generally favorable
D) Generally unfavorable
  • 35. How many critics based Metacritic's score for the film?
A) 3
B) 87
C) 4
D) 22
  • 36. Who wrote for Meniscus Magazine that Tokyo Sonata is Kurosawa's best film in quite a few years?
A) Nick Schager
B) Tom Mes
C) Christopher Bourne
D) Peter Bradshaw
  • 37. Which publication did Christopher Bourne write for?
A) Meniscus Magazine
B) Midnight Eye
C) Slant Magazine
D) The Guardian
  • 38. Who said that Tokyo Sonata is the ultimate expression of the quality of Kurosawa's cinema for Midnight Eye?
A) Christopher Bourne
B) Nick Schager
C) Peter Bradshaw
D) Tom Mes
  • 39. According to Tom Mes, what elements does Tokyo Sonata lack?
A) Dramedic elements
B) Universal subjects
C) National perspectives
D) Supernatural elements
  • 40. Which publication is Tom Mes associated with in the text?
A) Slant Magazine
B) Meniscus Magazine
C) Midnight Eye
D) The Guardian
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