The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice - Quiz
The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice
  • 1. What is the Japanese title of the film 'The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice'?
A) Ochazuke no Aji
B) Tokyo Story
C) The Only Son
D) Late Spring
  • 2. Who directed the 1952 film 'The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice'?
A) Yasuzo Masumura
B) Akira Kurosawa
C) Kenji Mizoguchi
D) Yasujirō Ozu
  • 3. In what year was 'The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice' released?
A) 1948
B) 1955
C) 1960
D) 1952
  • 4. Who plays the wealthy middle-aged couple in the film?
A) Shin Saburi and Michiyo Kogure
B) Chishū Ryū and Setsuko Hara
C) Ken Uehara and Hideko Takamine
D) So Yamamura and Kinuyo Tanaka
  • 5. What is Mokichi Satake's profession?
A) Executive at an engineering company
B) University professor
C) Railway conductor
D) Bank manager
  • 6. Where does the married couple live?
A) Hiroshima
B) Tokyo
C) Kyoto
D) Osaka
  • 7. Do Taeko and Mokichi have any children?
A) Yes, they have three children
B) No, they are childless
C) Yes, they have one son
D) Yes, they have two daughters
  • 8. Who persuades Taeko to lie to her husband about Setsuko being ill?
A) Fumi
B) Noboru
C) Aya
D) Takako
  • 9. What animal do the women compare Mokichi to while at the spa?
A) A slow moving black koi in the pond
B) An old turtle
C) A lazy cat
D) A quiet dog
  • 10. Which sport do Taeko, Aya, and Takako attend a few days after the spa trip?
A) Tennis match
B) Soccer match
C) Sumo wrestling
D) Baseball game
  • 11. Who calls in the public announcement at the baseball game for Taeko to go home?
A) Aya
B) Setsuko
C) Noboru
D) Mokichi
  • 12. Why does Setsuko call Taeko home from the baseball game?
A) Because Mokichi was injured
B) To report a fire in the kitchen
C) To tell her about an arranged marriage her parents want to set up
D) To announce she is getting married immediately
  • 13. Where does Mokichi meet up with an army buddy who runs a parlor?
A) At the train station
B) At a noodle shop
C) At a bar
D) At a Pachinko parlor
  • 14. Where does Taeko visit her family to discuss Setsuko's arranged marriage?
A) Oiso
B) Hakone
C) Kamakura
D) Nikko
  • 15. What performance does Setsuko run away from during the arranged marriage meeting?
A) Classical concert
B) Bunraku puppet show
C) Kabuki theater
D) Noh theater
  • 16. Where are Mokichi and Noboru planning to go when Setsuko runs off to find them?
A) Auto races
B) Bicycle races
C) Boat races
D) Horse races
  • 17. What do Noboru and Setsuko eat and talk about at the noodle house?
A) Ramen noodles
B) Udon noodles
C) Soba noodles
D) Green tea over rice
  • 18. Why does Taeko become angry and refuse to speak to Mokichi for days?
A) Because Mokichi sold their house
B) Because Mokichi was with Setsuko without informing her
C) Because Mokichi insulted her friend Aya
D) Because Mokichi lost his job
  • 19. What simple pleasures of life does Mokichi mention to Taeko?
A) Walking in the rain and reading comic books
B) Eating street food and sleeping on a tatami mat
C) Smoking inferior cigarettes and traveling third-class on a train
D) Fishing by the river and wearing old clothes
  • 20. What class of train cars does Taeko prefer to travel in?
A) Third class
B) First class
C) Economy class
D) Second class
  • 21. To which country is Mokichi's company sending him on a business trip?
A) Argentina
B) Brazil
C) Uruguay
D) United States
  • 22. What happens to Mokichi's airplane two hours into the flight?
A) It is forced to land in another city due to weather
B) It is delayed at a refueling stop
C) It crashes into the ocean
D) It experiences mechanical troubles and returns to Tokyo
  • 23. What is the name of the household servant who is sleeping when Mokichi returns home unexpectedly?
A) Suzu
B) Fumi
C) Hana
D) Kiku
  • 24. What meal do Mokichi and Taeko prepare together in the unfamiliar kitchen?
A) Ochazuke, rice with green tea
B) Sashimi and rice
C) Tempura and miso soup
D) Beef sukiyaki
  • 25. What does Mokichi say about the day they make ochazuke together?
A) It was the quietest day of his life
B) It was the most exhausting day of the year
C) It was his happiest day since he married her
D) It was the day he regretted nothing
  • 26. What does Taeko promise Mokichi after they make up over green tea and rice?
A) To apologize to Setsuko's parents
B) Never to leave without a word again
C) To stop smoking inferior cigarettes
D) To start traveling third-class with him
  • 27. Who is Setsuko confiding in at the end of the film regarding her aunt's changed attitude?
A) Mokichi
B) Takako
C) Aya
D) Noboru
  • 28. How does the final scene depict Setsuko and Noboru?
A) Walking away, arguing in a somewhat playful manner
B) Getting married at a traditional shrine
C) Boarding a train together for a honeymoon
D) Eating ramen noodles at a street stall
  • 29. Who substitutes the invalid Setsuko at the spa trip?
A) Aya
B) Fumi
C) Hana
D) Takako
  • 30. Who played Non-chan / Noboru Okada?
A) Eijirō Yanagi
B) Chishū Ryū
C) Kōji Tsuruta
D) Shin Saburi
  • 31. Which actor played Sadao Hirayama?
A) Chishū Ryū
B) Naosuke Yamauchi
C) Kōji Tsuruta
D) Shin Saburi
  • 32. Who played Aya Amamiya?
A) Chikage Awashima
B) Kuniko Miyake
C) Michiyo Kogure
D) Keiko Tsushima
  • 33. Who portrayed Setsuko Yamauchi?
A) Mie Kitahara
B) Yūko Mochizuki
C) Yōko Kosono
D) Keiko Tsushima
  • 34. Who played Chizu Yamauchi?
A) Chikage Awashima
B) Kuniko Miyake
C) Keiko Tsushima
D) Michiyo Kogure
  • 35. Who portrayed Naosuke Yamauchi?
A) Shin Saburi
B) Eijirō Yanagi
C) Chishū Ryū
D) Kōji Tsuruta
  • 36. Who played the Satake's maid Fumi?
A) Keiko Tsushima
B) Yōko Kosono
C) Mie Kitahara
D) Yūko Mochizuki
  • 37. Who played Sadao's wife Shige?
A) Chikage Awashima
B) Yūko Mochizuki
C) Kuniko Miyake
D) Yōko Kosono
  • 38. Who played the Waitress?
A) Yōko Kosono
B) Yūko Mochizuki
C) Keiko Tsushima
D) Mie Kitahara
  • 39. What was the original 1939 title of the script written by Yasujirō Ozu?
A) O-chazuke no aji
B) What Did the Lady Forget?
C) Boyfriend in Uruguay
D) Kareshi Nankin e Iku
  • 40. In the original 1939 script story, what was the man about to be sent abroad for?
A) A traditional wedding
B) Military service
C) A business trip
D) Studying abroad
  • 41. In what year was the script retitled 'O-chazuke no aji' and prepared for production?
A) 1950
B) 1973
C) 1940
D) 1939
  • 42. What did Ozu do after the military censors demanded script rewrites?
A) Fled to Uruguay
B) Filmed it immediately
C) Shelved the project
D) Changed the title back
  • 43. Who wrote a review of the film in 1973 calling it 'not great Ozu'?
A) Dave Kehr
B) Vincent Canby
C) Junji Yoshida
D) David Bordwell
  • 44. How did Vincent Canby describe the film's subplot about a girl refusing traditional wedding arrangements?
A) An elaborate technique
B) Almost formula comedy
C) Painfully subtle study
D) A masterpiece of melodrama
  • 45. According to Vincent Canby, Kogure and Saburi's characters become touched by what?
A) Deep bitterness
B) Formula comedy
C) Cliché
D) A kind of nobility
  • 46. What did Vincent Canby say Ozu never wastes our interest on?
A) Elaborate camera movements
B) Background music
C) Subplots about weddings
D) Connecting scenes if we can take them for granted
  • 47. According to Vincent Canby, a man walking from one office to another becomes important as an acknowledgment of what?
A) Time lost
B) Script censorship
C) Military service
D) Family relationships
  • 48. Who marked the film as 'Recommended' in the Chicago Reader?
A) Vincent Canby
B) David Bordwell
C) Junji Yoshida
D) Dave Kehr
  • 49. What did Dave Kehr praise Ozu's melodramas for avoiding?
A) Subtle studies
B) Connecting scenes
C) Any sense of cliché
D) Traditional wedding arrangements
  • 50. Which company released a digitally restored version of the film on DVD and Blu-ray?
A) Nanjing Productions
B) Chicago Reader
C) Mainichi Film Awards
D) The Criterion Collection
  • 51. What 1939 feature directed by Yasujirō Ozu is included as an extra in the Criterion Collection release?
A) O-chazuke no aji
B) Kareshi Nankin e Iku
C) Boyfriend is going to Nanjing
D) What Did the Lady Forget?
  • 52. Who provided a video essay included in the home video release extras?
A) Junji Yoshida
B) David Bordwell
C) Vincent Canby
D) Dave Kehr
  • 53. Who wrote the essay featured in the booklet included in the Criterion Collection release?
A) David Bordwell
B) Junji Yoshida
C) Vincent Canby
D) Dave Kehr
  • 54. Who designed the cover for the Criterion Collection release?
A) Yasujirō Ozu
B) Katherine Lam
C) Junji Yoshida
D) David Bordwell
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