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  • 1. Who directed the film 'Ikiru'?
A) Akira Kurosawa
B) Hayao Miyazaki
C) Yasujiro Ozu
D) Takeshi Kitano
  • 2. What year was 'Ikiru' released?
A) 1952
B) 1965
C) 1978
D) 1983
  • 3. What is the main character's name in 'Ikiru'?
A) Yusuke Kobayashi
B) Takashi Saito
C) Hiroshi Nakai
D) Kanji Watanabe
  • 4. What genre is 'Ikiru'?
A) Thriller
B) Comedy
C) Drama
D) Science Fiction
  • 5. What does Kanji Watanabe build as his final act of redemption?
A) A Garden
B) A Library
C) A Playground
D) A Hospital
  • 6. What does 'Ikiru' mean in English?
A) Love
B) To Live
C) Dream
D) Hope
  • 7. How does Kanji Watanabe initially react to his diagnosis?
A) With Denial
B) With Anger
C) With Acceptance
D) With Confusion
  • 8. What is the running time of 'Ikiru'?
A) 210 minutes
B) 175 minutes
C) 98 minutes
D) 143 minutes
  • 9. Where does much of the story in 'Ikiru' take place?
A) Park
B) Hospital
C) City Hall
D) School
  • 10. Which novella partly inspired the screenplay for 'Ikiru'?
A) Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
B) War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
C) Anna Karenina 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) Lawyer
C) Tokyo public works department bureaucrat
D) Doctor
  • 12. What personal event prompts Kanji Watanabe to seek meaning in 'Ikiru'?
A) Loss of his job
B) Retirement from his job
C) Diagnosis of terminal stomach cancer
D) Death of his wife
  • 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) "Tokyo Nights"
B) "The Last Dance"
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) A famous novelist
B) Toyo, a young female subordinate
C) His wife
D) An old friend from college
  • 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 affordable and accessible
B) As innovative and cutting-edge
C) As overly bureaucratic and paternalistic
D) As efficient and patient-centered
  • 18. Under what title was 'Ikiru' released in California in 1956?
A) The Life of Kanji Watanabe
B) Doomed
C) Watanabe's Last Days
D) Swing of Life
  • 19. Which film festival screened 'Ikiru' in 1954?
A) Berlin International Film Festival
B) Venice Film Festival
C) Toronto International Film Festival
D) Cannes Film Festival
  • 20. Which critic called 'Ikiru' a 'strangely fascinating and affecting film'?
A) Wally Hammond
B) David Conrad
C) Bosley Crowther
D) Roger Ebert
  • 21. Which magazine ranked 'Ikiru' 459th on its list of the 500 greatest movies of all time in 2008?
A) The New Yorker
B) Time Out
C) Variety
D) Empire
  • 22. 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
  • 23. What rating does 'Ikiru' have on Rotten Tomatoes?
A) 98% positive rating
B) 75% positive rating
C) 85% positive rating
D) 65% positive rating
  • 24. Which critic's poll ranked 'Ikiru' 12th in 1972?
A) Sight & Sound critics poll
B) Variety staff poll
C) Time Out London poll
D) Empire magazine poll
  • 25. Which critic included 'Ikiru' on a list of 39 Essential Foreign Films for a Young Filmmaker?
A) Wally Hammond
B) Bosley Crowther
C) Roger Ebert
D) Martin Scorsese
  • 26. Which publication ranked 'Ikiru' at number 212 in its list of the top 250 Best Films of the Century?
A) Empire magazine
B) Time Out London
C) The Village Voice
D) Variety
  • 27. Which magazine ranked 'Ikiru' 44th on its list of The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema?
A) Time Out London
B) The Village Voice
C) Empire magazine
D) Variety
  • 28. 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
  • 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) 2012
C) 2008
D) 1999
  • 30. Which publication named 'Ikiru' one of the 10 most overrated films in 2016?
A) Time Out London
B) Variety
C) The Daily Telegraph
D) Empire magazine
  • 31. At which Berlin International Film Festival did 'Ikiru' compete for the Golden Bear?
A) 6th
B) 5th
C) 4th
D) 7th
  • 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) Matsumoto Kōshirō IX
B) Ichikawa Ennosuke III
C) Bandō Tamasaburō
D) Onoe Matsunosuke
  • 34. Which Indian-Hindi film was inspired by 'Ikiru'?
A) Deewar
B) Sholay
C) Anand
D) Mother India
  • 35. Who was originally set to adapt the screenplay for the U.S. remake of 'Ikiru'?
A) Aaron Sorkin
B) Richard Price
C) David Mamet
D) Charlie Kaufman
  • 36. Who agreed to direct the U.S. remake of 'Ikiru' in 2004?
A) Jim Sheridan
B) Martin Scorsese
C) Steven Spielberg
D) Clint Eastwood
  • 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) Ryunosuke Akutagawa
B) Yasunari Kawabata
C) Haruki Murakami
D) Chikae Takahashi
  • 39. Who composed the music for the 2020 Japanese musical adaptation of 'Ikiru'?
A) Ennio Morricone
B) Jason Howland
C) John Williams
D) Hans Zimmer
  • 40. Who adapted the British remake titled 'Living' of 'Ikiru'?
A) Ian McEwan
B) Hilary Mantel
C) Kazuo Ishiguro
D) Zadie Smith
  • 41. Who directed the British remake 'Living' of 'Ikiru'?
A) Christopher Nolan
B) Oliver Hermanus
C) Ridley Scott
D) Alfonso Cuarón
  • 42. Who starred in the British remake 'Living' of 'Ikiru'?
A) Daniel Day-Lewis
B) Colin Firth
C) Bill Nighy
D) Gary Oldman
  • 43. In which year was the British remake 'Living' released?
A) 2023
B) 2024
C) 2022
D) 2021
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