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  • 1. Who directed the film 'Ikiru'?
A) Hayao Miyazaki
B) Takeshi Kitano
C) Yasujiro Ozu
D) Akira Kurosawa
  • 2. What year was 'Ikiru' released?
A) 1978
B) 1965
C) 1952
D) 1983
  • 3. What is the main character's name in 'Ikiru'?
A) Kanji Watanabe
B) Hiroshi Nakai
C) Takashi Saito
D) Yusuke Kobayashi
  • 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 Library
B) A Hospital
C) A Playground
D) A Garden
  • 6. What does 'Ikiru' mean in English?
A) Dream
B) To Live
C) Love
D) Hope
  • 7. How does Kanji Watanabe initially react to his diagnosis?
A) With Confusion
B) With Anger
C) With Denial
D) With Acceptance
  • 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) School
B) City Hall
C) Hospital
D) Park
  • 10. Which novella partly inspired the screenplay for 'Ikiru'?
A) Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
B) War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
C) Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
D) The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy
  • 11. What position did Kanji Watanabe hold in 'Ikiru'?
A) Tokyo public works department bureaucrat
B) Lawyer
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) Tell his son Mitsuo about the cancer
B) Move out of Tokyo
C) Resign from his job immediately
D) Start a new business
  • 14. What song does Kanji Watanabe sing in the nightclub?
A) "Gondola no Uta" ("Life is Brief")
B) "Tokyo Nights"
C) "The Last Dance"
D) "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"
  • 15. Who does Kanji Watanabe encounter that influences his perspective on life?
A) An old friend from college
B) His wife
C) Toyo, a young female subordinate
D) A famous novelist
  • 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 overly bureaucratic and paternalistic
B) As affordable and accessible
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) Aaron Sorkin
B) Richard Price
C) David Mamet
D) Charlie Kaufman
  • 19. What rating does 'Ikiru' have on Rotten Tomatoes?
A) 85% positive rating
B) 65% positive rating
C) 98% positive rating
D) 75% positive rating
  • 20. Which film magazine voted 'Ikiru' No. 13 on its list of The Greatest Japanese Films of All Time?
A) Time Out London
B) The Village Voice
C) Kinema Junpo
D) Empire magazine
  • 21. Which Indian-Hindi film was inspired by 'Ikiru'?
A) Anand
B) Sholay
C) Deewar
D) Mother India
  • 22. Which magazine ranked 'Ikiru' 44th on its list of The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema?
A) The Village Voice
B) Empire magazine
C) Time Out London
D) Variety
  • 23. Who adapted the British remake titled 'Living' of 'Ikiru'?
A) Hilary Mantel
B) Kazuo Ishiguro
C) Ian McEwan
D) Zadie Smith
  • 24. Which publication named 'Ikiru' one of the 10 most overrated films in 2016?
A) Time Out London
B) Empire magazine
C) The Daily Telegraph
D) Variety
  • 25. Who directed the British remake 'Living' of 'Ikiru'?
A) Alfonso Cuarón
B) Oliver Hermanus
C) Ridley Scott
D) Christopher Nolan
  • 26. Who agreed to direct the U.S. remake of 'Ikiru' in 2004?
A) Martin Scorsese
B) Jim Sheridan
C) Steven Spielberg
D) Clint Eastwood
  • 27. Which critic called 'Ikiru' a 'strangely fascinating and affecting film'?
A) Roger Ebert
B) Wally Hammond
C) Bosley Crowther
D) David Conrad
  • 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) Sight & Sound critics poll
C) Variety staff 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) Time Out
D) Variety
  • 31. At which Berlin International Film Festival did 'Ikiru' compete for the Golden Bear?
A) 5th
B) 6th
C) 7th
D) 4th
  • 32. Under what title was 'Ikiru' released in California in 1956?
A) Watanabe's Last Days
B) The Life of Kanji Watanabe
C) Swing of Life
D) Doomed
  • 33. 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) Variety
D) Empire magazine
  • 34. Who starred in the British remake 'Living' of 'Ikiru'?
A) Bill Nighy
B) Colin Firth
C) Daniel Day-Lewis
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) 1999
B) 2012
C) 1972
D) 2008
  • 36. In which year was the British remake 'Living' released?
A) 2024
B) 2021
C) 2022
D) 2023
  • 37. Which film festival screened 'Ikiru' in 1954?
A) Berlin International Film Festival
B) Venice Film Festival
C) Cannes Film Festival
D) Toronto International Film Festival
  • 38. Who starred as the lead role in the planned U.S. remake of 'Ikiru'?
A) Brad Pitt
B) Tom Hanks
C) Leonardo DiCaprio
D) George Clooney
  • 39. Which kabuki actor starred in the 2007 TV remake of 'Ikiru'?
A) Matsumoto Kōshirō IX
B) Ichikawa Ennosuke III
C) Onoe Matsunosuke
D) Bandō Tamasaburō
  • 40. Who wrote the book for the musical adaptation of 'Ikiru' produced in Japan?
A) Chikae Takahashi
B) Haruki Murakami
C) Yasunari Kawabata
D) Ryunosuke Akutagawa
  • 41. 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
  • 42. Who composed the music for the 2020 Japanese musical adaptation of 'Ikiru'?
A) John Williams
B) Hans Zimmer
C) Ennio Morricone
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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