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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) 1965
B) 1978
C) 1983
D) 1952
  • 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) Drama
B) Science Fiction
C) Thriller
D) Comedy
  • 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) Love
B) To Live
C) Dream
D) Hope
  • 7. How does Kanji Watanabe initially react to his diagnosis?
A) With Acceptance
B) With Anger
C) With Denial
D) With Confusion
  • 8. What is the running time of 'Ikiru'?
A) 210 minutes
B) 98 minutes
C) 143 minutes
D) 175 minutes
  • 9. Where does much of the story in 'Ikiru' take place?
A) School
B) Park
C) City Hall
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) War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
D) Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
  • 11. What position did Kanji Watanabe hold in 'Ikiru'?
A) School teacher
B) Tokyo public works department bureaucrat
C) Doctor
D) Lawyer
  • 12. What personal event prompts Kanji Watanabe to seek meaning in 'Ikiru'?
A) Loss of his job
B) Death of his wife
C) Diagnosis of terminal stomach cancer
D) Retirement from his job
  • 13. What does Kanji Watanabe initially attempt to do after learning about his illness?
A) Start a new business
B) Tell his son Mitsuo about the cancer
C) Resign from his job immediately
D) Move out of Tokyo
  • 14. What song does Kanji Watanabe sing in the nightclub?
A) "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"
B) "The Last Dance"
C) "Gondola no Uta" ("Life is Brief")
D) "Tokyo Nights"
  • 15. Who does Kanji Watanabe encounter that influences his perspective on life?
A) Toyo, a young female subordinate
B) A famous novelist
C) His wife
D) An old friend from college
  • 16. What symbolizes 'meaningless activity' in the film?
A) Paperwork
B) Education
C) Technology
D) Money
  • 17. How is Japanese healthcare depicted in 'Ikiru'?
A) As innovative and cutting-edge
B) As efficient and patient-centered
C) As affordable and accessible
D) As overly bureaucratic and paternalistic
  • 18. Under what title was 'Ikiru' released in California in 1956?
A) Doomed
B) The Life of Kanji Watanabe
C) Watanabe's Last Days
D) Swing of Life
  • 19. Which film festival screened 'Ikiru' in 1954?
A) Berlin International Film Festival
B) Toronto International Film Festival
C) Venice Film Festival
D) Cannes Film Festival
  • 20. Which critic called 'Ikiru' a 'strangely fascinating and affecting film'?
A) Roger Ebert
B) Bosley Crowther
C) Wally Hammond
D) David Conrad
  • 21. Which magazine ranked 'Ikiru' 459th on its list of the 500 greatest movies of all time in 2008?
A) Time Out
B) Empire
C) Variety
D) The New Yorker
  • 22. Which publication included 'Ikiru' in its list of The 100 greatest foreign language films?
A) The Village Voice
B) Time
C) Sight & Sound
D) BBC
  • 23. What rating does 'Ikiru' have on Rotten Tomatoes?
A) 85% positive rating
B) 75% positive rating
C) 98% positive rating
D) 65% positive rating
  • 24. Which critic's poll ranked 'Ikiru' 12th in 1972?
A) Variety staff poll
B) Time Out London poll
C) Sight & Sound critics poll
D) Empire magazine poll
  • 25. Which critic included 'Ikiru' on a list of 39 Essential Foreign Films for a Young Filmmaker?
A) Martin Scorsese
B) Wally Hammond
C) Roger Ebert
D) Bosley Crowther
  • 26. Which publication ranked 'Ikiru' at number 212 in its list of the top 250 Best Films of the Century?
A) Variety
B) The Village Voice
C) Empire magazine
D) Time Out London
  • 27. 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
  • 28. Which film magazine voted 'Ikiru' No. 13 on its list of The Greatest Japanese Films of All Time?
A) Empire magazine
B) Time Out London
C) The Village Voice
D) Kinema Junpo
  • 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) 2012
B) 1999
C) 1972
D) 2008
  • 30. 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
  • 31. At which Berlin International Film Festival did 'Ikiru' compete for the Golden Bear?
A) 4th
B) 6th
C) 5th
D) 7th
  • 32. In what year was 'Ikiru' remade as a Japanese television film?
A) 2008
B) 2009
C) 2010
D) 2007
  • 33. Which kabuki actor starred in the 2007 TV remake of 'Ikiru'?
A) Bandō Tamasaburō
B) Ichikawa Ennosuke III
C) Matsumoto Kōshirō IX
D) Onoe Matsunosuke
  • 34. Which Indian-Hindi film was inspired by 'Ikiru'?
A) Anand
B) Mother India
C) Deewar
D) Sholay
  • 35. Who was originally set to adapt the screenplay for the U.S. remake of 'Ikiru'?
A) Aaron Sorkin
B) David Mamet
C) Charlie Kaufman
D) Richard Price
  • 36. Who agreed to direct the U.S. remake of 'Ikiru' in 2004?
A) Steven Spielberg
B) Jim Sheridan
C) Martin Scorsese
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) Brad Pitt
D) Tom Hanks
  • 38. Who wrote the book for the musical adaptation of 'Ikiru' produced in Japan?
A) Ryunosuke Akutagawa
B) Haruki Murakami
C) Yasunari Kawabata
D) Chikae Takahashi
  • 39. Who composed the music for the 2020 Japanese musical adaptation of 'Ikiru'?
A) Jason Howland
B) Hans Zimmer
C) Ennio Morricone
D) John Williams
  • 40. Who adapted the British remake titled 'Living' of 'Ikiru'?
A) Ian McEwan
B) Kazuo Ishiguro
C) Hilary Mantel
D) Zadie Smith
  • 41. Who directed the British remake 'Living' of 'Ikiru'?
A) Oliver Hermanus
B) Christopher Nolan
C) Ridley Scott
D) Alfonso Cuarón
  • 42. Who starred in the British remake 'Living' of 'Ikiru'?
A) Daniel Day-Lewis
B) Bill Nighy
C) Colin Firth
D) Gary Oldman
  • 43. In which year was the British remake 'Living' released?
A) 2021
B) 2024
C) 2023
D) 2022
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