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Ikiru - Quiz
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  • 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) 1952
B) 1965
C) 1983
D) 1978
  • 3. What is the main character's name in 'Ikiru'?
A) Yusuke Kobayashi
B) Takashi Saito
C) Kanji Watanabe
D) Hiroshi Nakai
  • 4. What genre is 'Ikiru'?
A) Science Fiction
B) Comedy
C) Drama
D) Thriller
  • 5. What does Kanji Watanabe build as his final act of redemption?
A) A Playground
B) A Library
C) A Garden
D) A Hospital
  • 6. What does 'Ikiru' mean in English?
A) To Live
B) Hope
C) Love
D) Dream
  • 7. How does Kanji Watanabe initially react to his diagnosis?
A) With Denial
B) With Anger
C) With Confusion
D) With Acceptance
  • 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) Hospital
B) Park
C) School
D) City Hall
  • 10. Which novella partly inspired the screenplay for 'Ikiru'?
A) War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
B) Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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) Doctor
D) Tokyo public works department bureaucrat
  • 12. What personal event prompts Kanji Watanabe to seek meaning in 'Ikiru'?
A) Death of his wife
B) Diagnosis of terminal stomach cancer
C) Retirement from his job
D) Loss of 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) Resign from his job immediately
C) Move out of Tokyo
D) Start a new business
  • 14. What song does Kanji Watanabe sing in the nightclub?
A) "Gondola no Uta" ("Life is Brief")
B) "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"
C) "Tokyo Nights"
D) "The Last Dance"
  • 15. Who does Kanji Watanabe encounter that influences his perspective on life?
A) An old friend from college
B) His wife
C) A famous novelist
D) Toyo, a young female subordinate
  • 16. What symbolizes 'meaningless activity' in the film?
A) Education
B) Technology
C) Money
D) Paperwork
  • 17. How is Japanese healthcare depicted in 'Ikiru'?
A) As affordable and accessible
B) As innovative and cutting-edge
C) As efficient and patient-centered
D) As overly bureaucratic and paternalistic
  • 18. Who was originally set to adapt the screenplay for the U.S. remake of 'Ikiru'?
A) Charlie Kaufman
B) David Mamet
C) Richard Price
D) Aaron Sorkin
  • 19. What rating does 'Ikiru' have on Rotten Tomatoes?
A) 65% positive rating
B) 85% positive rating
C) 75% positive rating
D) 98% 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) Kinema Junpo
C) The Village Voice
D) Time Out London
  • 21. Which Indian-Hindi film was inspired by 'Ikiru'?
A) Mother India
B) Deewar
C) Anand
D) Sholay
  • 22. Which magazine ranked 'Ikiru' 44th on its list of The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema?
A) Empire magazine
B) Variety
C) The Village Voice
D) Time Out London
  • 23. Who adapted the British remake titled 'Living' of 'Ikiru'?
A) Zadie Smith
B) Ian McEwan
C) Kazuo Ishiguro
D) Hilary Mantel
  • 24. Which publication named 'Ikiru' one of the 10 most overrated films in 2016?
A) Time Out London
B) Variety
C) Empire magazine
D) The Daily Telegraph
  • 25. Who directed the British remake 'Living' of 'Ikiru'?
A) Alfonso Cuarón
B) Ridley Scott
C) Oliver Hermanus
D) Christopher Nolan
  • 26. Who agreed to direct the U.S. remake of 'Ikiru' in 2004?
A) Martin Scorsese
B) Steven Spielberg
C) Clint Eastwood
D) Jim Sheridan
  • 27. Which critic called 'Ikiru' a 'strangely fascinating and affecting film'?
A) Wally Hammond
B) Roger Ebert
C) David Conrad
D) Bosley Crowther
  • 28. In what year was 'Ikiru' remade as a Japanese television film?
A) 2008
B) 2007
C) 2010
D) 2009
  • 29. Which critic's poll ranked 'Ikiru' 12th in 1972?
A) Sight & Sound critics poll
B) Variety staff poll
C) Empire magazine poll
D) Time Out London poll
  • 30. Which magazine ranked 'Ikiru' 459th on its list of the 500 greatest movies of all time in 2008?
A) Empire
B) The New Yorker
C) Variety
D) Time Out
  • 31. At which Berlin International Film Festival did 'Ikiru' compete for the Golden Bear?
A) 4th
B) 5th
C) 7th
D) 6th
  • 32. Under what title was 'Ikiru' released in California in 1956?
A) Swing of Life
B) Watanabe's Last Days
C) The Life of Kanji Watanabe
D) Doomed
  • 33. Which publication ranked 'Ikiru' at number 212 in its list of the top 250 Best Films of the Century?
A) The Village Voice
B) Empire magazine
C) Time Out London
D) Variety
  • 34. Who starred in the British remake 'Living' of 'Ikiru'?
A) Daniel Day-Lewis
B) Gary Oldman
C) Colin Firth
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) 1999
B) 1972
C) 2008
D) 2012
  • 36. In which year was the British remake 'Living' released?
A) 2024
B) 2023
C) 2022
D) 2021
  • 37. Which film festival screened 'Ikiru' in 1954?
A) Cannes Film Festival
B) Toronto International 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) George Clooney
C) Tom Hanks
D) Leonardo DiCaprio
  • 39. Which kabuki actor starred in the 2007 TV remake of 'Ikiru'?
A) Bandō Tamasaburō
B) Matsumoto Kōshirō IX
C) Ichikawa Ennosuke III
D) Onoe Matsunosuke
  • 40. Who wrote the book for the musical adaptation of 'Ikiru' produced in Japan?
A) Ryunosuke Akutagawa
B) Chikae Takahashi
C) Haruki Murakami
D) Yasunari Kawabata
  • 41. Which critic included 'Ikiru' on a list of 39 Essential Foreign Films for a Young Filmmaker?
A) Wally Hammond
B) Bosley Crowther
C) Martin Scorsese
D) Roger Ebert
  • 42. Who composed the music for the 2020 Japanese musical adaptation of 'Ikiru'?
A) Hans Zimmer
B) Ennio Morricone
C) John Williams
D) Jason Howland
  • 43. Which publication included 'Ikiru' in its list of The 100 greatest foreign language films?
A) BBC
B) Time
C) Sight & Sound
D) The Village Voice
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