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