Scattered Clouds - Quiz
  • 1. What is the alternative English title of the film Scattered Clouds?
A) Scattered Dreams
B) Clouds in the Sky
C) Shadows of the Past
D) Two in the Shadow
  • 2. What is the Japanese title of Scattered Clouds?
A) Kumonosu-jo
B) Midaregumo
C) Narusegumo
D) Tokyo Monogatari
  • 3. In what year was Scattered Clouds released?
A) 1967
B) 1965
C) 1970
D) 1959
  • 4. Who directed the film Scattered Clouds?
A) Mikio Naruse
B) Yasujiro Ozu
C) Akira Kurosawa
D) Kenji Mizoguchi
  • 5. Which actor starred as Shiro Mishima?
A) Yū Fujiki
B) Daisuke Katō
C) Yūzō Kayama
D) Yoshio Tsuchiya
  • 6. Which actress starred as Yumiko?
A) Mitsuko Kusabue
B) Yōko Tsukasa
C) Mie Hama
D) Mitsuko Mori
  • 7. Scattered Clouds was Mikio Naruse's final film after a career starting in what year?
A) 1940
B) 1925
C) 1935
D) 1930
  • 8. What was the profession of Yumiko's husband Hiroshi?
A) Ministry of Economy employee
B) Film director
C) Car driver
D) Innkeeper
  • 9. How did Hiroshi die?
A) Of an illness
B) In a car accident
C) In a plane crash
D) In a train crash
  • 10. Who was driving the car that killed Hiroshi?
A) Ishikawa
B) Hayashida
C) Shiro
D) Fujiwara
  • 11. What was the legal outcome for Shiro following the car accident?
A) He was convicted of manslaughter
B) He was imprisoned for five years
C) He fled the country immediately
D) He was acquitted
  • 12. What did Shiro offer to pay Yumiko after the accident?
A) A one-time lump sum
B) A monthly instalment
C) Daily wages
D) Annual dividends
  • 13. Why did Yumiko initially reject Shiro's financial offer?
A) She did not know who he was
B) The court forbade it
C) She refused it at first
D) She wanted a much larger sum
  • 14. What happened to Yumiko after her husband died regarding his family?
A) Her husband's family disowned her
B) Her husband's family adopted her child
C) They made her the sole heir
D) They moved in with her
  • 15. What was the consequence of being disowned by her husband's family?
A) She became a government official
B) She received a massive fortune
C) She was forced to leave Japan immediately
D) She was left without an inheritance
  • 16. Where did Yumiko decide to work after her financial situation became precarious?
A) In an inn run by her sister
B) In a Lahore hotel
C) In a Tokyo department store
D) In the Ministry of Economy
  • 17. Near which location is her sister's inn situated?
A) Lake Biwa
B) Lake Towada
C) Lake Kawaguchi
D) Lake Ashi
  • 18. How did Shiro end up in the same area as Yumiko?
A) He was reassigned by his employers
B) He went there on a holiday
C) He bought the local inn
D) He was hiding from the police
  • 19. What eventually developed between Yumiko and Shiro in the area?
A) A mutual affection leading to a love affair
B) A bitter lifelong feud
C) A legal dispute over money
D) A business partnership
  • 20. What event brought Yumiko's past back with full power?
A) She saw Shiro's mother
B) She met Hiroshi's ghost
C) She received a letter from her in-laws
D) She witnessed an accident
  • 21. Where is Shiro transferred at the very end of the film?
A) Beijing, China
B) Lahore, Pakistan
C) New York, USA
D) London, United Kingdom
  • 22. Who played Ayako, Yumiko's sister?
A) Kumeko Urabe
B) Mitsuko Mori
C) Mitsuko Kusabue
D) Mie Hama
  • 23. Who played Katsuko, Yumiko's sister-in-law?
A) Kumeko Urabe
B) Mitsuko Mori
C) Yōko Tsukasa
D) Mitsuko Kusabue
  • 24. Which actress played Teruko?
A) Yōko Tsukasa
B) Mie Hama
C) Kumeko Urabe
D) Mitsuko Mori
  • 25. Who played Hayashida?
A) Daisuke Katō
B) Tadao Nakamaru
C) Yoshio Tsuchiya
D) Yū Fujiki
  • 26. Who played Hiroshi, Yumiko's husband?
A) Yoshio Tsuchiya
B) Tadao Nakamaru
C) Yūzō Kayama
D) Daisuke Katō
  • 27. Who played Ishikawa, Ayako's husband?
A) Yoshio Tsuchiya
B) Tadao Nakamaru
C) Yū Fujiki
D) Daisuke Katō
  • 28. Who played Fujiwara?
A) Yū Fujiki
B) Tadao Nakamaru
C) Daisuke Katō
D) Yoshio Tsuchiya
  • 29. Who played Nui, Shiro's mother?
A) Mie Hama
B) Mitsuko Kusabue
C) Kumeko Urabe
D) Mitsuko Mori
  • 30. At which institution was Scattered Clouds presented in 1981?
A) Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
B) National Film Archive of Japan
C) Hong Kong International Film Festival
D) Museum of Modern Art
  • 31. In which years was the film presented at the Museum of Modern Art according to the text?
A) 1990 and 1995
B) 1985 and 1987
C) 1967 and 1968
D) 1981 and 1983
  • 32. Who provided an introduction for the MoMA screening in 1987?
A) Akira Kurosawa
B) Mikio Naruse
C) Donald Richie
D) Yūzō Kayama
  • 33. What is Donald Richie's profession as mentioned in the text?
A) Actor
B) Historian
C) Film director
D) Producer
  • 34. At which film festival was Scattered Clouds shown in 2015?
A) Cannes Film Festival
B) 39th Hong Kong International Film Festival
C) Berlin International Film Festival
D) Venice Film Festival
  • 35. What was the context of the film's screening at the 2015 Hong Kong International Film Festival?
A) Part of a retrospective on the director
B) Opening night premiere
C) A tribute to Yōko Tsukasa
D) Competition for best foreign film
  • 36. Where were Yumiko and Hiroshi planning to depart for shortly before his death?
A) Pakistan
B) United States
C) United Kingdom
D) France
  • 37. What was Shiro Mishima's relation to Nui?
A) Nui was his sister
B) Nui was his aunt
C) Nui was his mother
D) Nui was his wife
  • 38. What was Ayako's relationship to Yumiko?
A) Sister-in-law
B) Mother
C) Cousin
D) Sister
  • 39. What was Katsuko's relationship to Yumiko?
A) Aunt
B) Mother-in-law
C) Sister-in-law
D) Sister
  • 40. Who is married to Ayako according to the cast list?
A) Hiroshi
B) Fujiwara
C) Ishikawa
D) Shiro
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