Tokyo Story - Quiz
Tokyo Story
  • 1. Which American film inspired Tokyo Story?
A) It's a Wonderful Life
B) Citizen Kane
C) All About Eve
D) Make Way for Tomorrow
  • 2. Who directed the American film that inspired Tokyo Story?
A) John Ford
B) Frank Capra
C) Orson Welles
D) Leo McCarey
  • 3. Who initially suggested the plot of the older film to Ozu?
A) Chishū Ryū
B) Yūharu Atsuta
C) Noda
D) David Bordwell
  • 4. What is the primary nature of the problems faced by the elderly couple in Tokyo Story?
A) Educational
B) Cultural and emotional
C) Political
D) Economical
  • 5. Where did Ozu and Noda develop the script over a period of 103 days?
A) Shochiku Ōfuna Studio
B) An Onomichi inn
C) A ryokan called Chigasakikan
D) A hotel in Tokyo
  • 6. In which city is Chigasakikan located?
A) Osaka
B) Kyoto
C) Chigasaki
D) Kamakura
  • 7. How long did Ozu, Noda, and Yūharu Atsuta spend scouting locations before shooting started?
A) Another month
B) Two weeks
C) Six months
D) Three months
  • 8. During which months did shooting and editing take place in 1953?
A) September to December
B) January to April
C) May to August
D) July to October
  • 9. Which major cast members participated in the Onomichi location shooting?
A) Ryū, Hara and Kagawa
B) Only Chishū Ryū
C) Hara and Ozu
D) None of the major cast members
  • 10. Where were all indoor scenes shot, except those at the Tokyo Station waiting area and in a passenger car?
A) Chigasakikan
B) Shochiku Ōfuna Studio
C) An Onomichi studio
D) A Tokyo soundstage
  • 11. In which city is the Shochiku Ōfuna Studio located?
A) Kamakura
B) Atami
C) Tokyo
D) Onomichi
  • 12. When was Ozu always the happiest, according to actor Chishū Ryū?
A) When finishing the final draft of a script
B) While scouting locations
C) When the film premiered
D) During the editing process
  • 13. What did Ozu call his film that tended 'most strongly to melodrama'?
A) Tokyo Story
B) The Only Son
C) Make Way for Tomorrow
D) Late Spring
  • 14. How did the viewer learn about certain key scenes like train journeys?
A) Through the characters' dialogue
B) Through a narrator
C) Through flashback sequences
D) Through title cards
  • 15. What camera height did Ozu strongly favor and use?
A) Bird's eye view
B) High
C) Eye level
D) Low
  • 16. What did film critic Roger Ebert note about the camera movement in Tokyo Story?
A) The camera never moves at all
B) The camera moves constantly
C) The camera moves once in the film
D) The camera pans in every scene
  • 17. What are the low camera positions reminiscent of?
A) Lying down on a bed
B) Sitting on a traditional Japanese tatami mat
C) Standing in a crowded train
D) Looking out a second-story window
  • 18. What filmmaking rule did Ozu often break?
A) The 30-degree rule
B) The rule of thirds
C) The 180-second rule
D) The 180-degree rule
  • 19. What do transitional shots often consist of in the film?
A) Fast-paced action sequences
B) Interviews with townspeople
C) Still lifes of non-human subjects
D) Archival war footage
  • 20. David Desser compared the film's style and de-emphasized plot to what?
A) Greek tragedy
B) Zen Buddhism
C) Western capitalism
D) Italian neorealism
  • 21. What is one of the primary themes in Tokyo Story?
A) Agricultural development in post-war Japan
B) The industrial revolution in Onomichi
C) The break-up and Westernization of the traditional Japanese family
D) The rise of the Japanese imperial navy
  • 22. What does the film contrast regarding the children and their parents?
A) Urban life in Tokyo with rural life of their parents
B) Military service with civilian life
C) Modern education with illiteracy
D) Wealth in Osaka with poverty in Atami
  • 23. In what year does Tokyo Story take place?
A) 1937
B) 1948
C) 1953
D) 1955
  • 24. Which code stimulated Japan's rapid re-growth and embraced Western capitalist ideals?
A) New Civil Code of 1948
B) Meiji Constitution
C) Tokyo Municipal Act
D) Post-War Trade Agreement
  • 25. With whom was Ozu very close, living with her as a surrogate wife and never marrying?
A) His collaborator Noda
B) His own mother
C) His cinematographer
D) His sister
  • 26. What genre of film is Tokyo Story considered for its depiction of ordinary people?
A) Jidai-geki
B) Kaiju
C) Anime
D) Shomin-geki
  • 27. Who wrote that Ozu 're-cast' the original film instead of adapting it?
A) David Bordwell
B) David Desser
C) Leo McCarey
D) Roger Ebert
  • 28. Who was the cinematographer for Tokyo Story?
A) Yasujirō Ozu
B) Chishū Ryū
C) Kogo Noda
D) Yūharu Atsuta
  • 29. Which of the following is NOT one of the Tokyo locations where filming took place?
A) Chūō
B) Taitō
C) Kyoto
D) Adachi
  • 30. What non-human subjects appeared in the transitional still life shots?
A) Clock towers and bridges
B) Books and teacups
C) Automobiles and neon signs
D) Smokestacks and landscapes
  • 31. Who directed Tokyo Story?
A) Keizo
B) Sight and Sound
C) Yasujirō Ozu
D) Chishū Ryū
E) Chieko Higashiyama
  • 32. What award did Tokyo Story win in London in 1958?
A) Sutherland Trophy
B) Palme d'Or
C) Academy Award for Best Foreign Film
D) Golden Globe
  • 33. In what year was Tokyo Story screened in New York City and praised by U.S. film critics?
A) 1957
B) 1953
C) 2012
D) 1972
  • 34. Where do Shūkichi and Tomi live with their daughter Kyōko?
A) Atami
B) Tokyo
C) Onomichi
D) Osaka
  • 35. What is Kyōko's profession?
A) Primary school teacher
B) Hairdresser
C) Physician
D) Office worker
  • 36. How many adult children do Shūkichi and Tomi have in total?
A) Four
B) Six
C) Five
D) Three
  • 37. How many of Shūkichi and Tomi's children live in Tokyo?
A) Five
B) Three
C) Two
D) Four
  • 38. What is the profession of the eldest son, Kōichi?
A) Physician
B) Policeman
C) Primary school teacher
D) Hairdresser
  • 39. What does eldest daughter Shige run?
A) Hairdressing salon
B) Clinic
C) Office
D) Hot spring spa
  • 40. Who is Noriko?
A) Youngest daughter
B) Widowed daughter-in-law
C) Primary school teacher
D) Eldest daughter
  • 41. Who takes time from her demanding office job to take the parents on a sightseeing tour?
A) Kyōko
B) Tomi
C) Noriko
D) Shige
  • 42. Where do Kōichi and Shige pay for their parents to stay?
A) A clinic in Tokyo suburbs
B) Ueno Park
C) A hot spring spa at Atami
D) A hotel in Osaka
  • 43. Where do the elderly couple spend the afternoon after being displaced by Shige's meeting?
A) Ueno Park
B) Osaka
C) Onomichi
D) Atami
  • 44. Who brings Shūkichi and his friend to Shige's salon?
A) Keizō
B) A policeman
C) Kōichi
D) Noriko
  • 45. Whom do the couple intend to see in Osaka when returning home?
A) Keizō
B) Shōji
C) Kōichi
D) Noriko
  • 46. Why do Shūkichi and Tomi disembark the train in Osaka?
A) Tomi suddenly becomes ill
B) They missed their stop
C) The train broke down
D) Keizō invited them to dinner
  • 47. What happens after the couple returns to Onomichi?
A) Noriko gets married
B) Shūkichi starts drinking again
C) Kyōko moves to Tokyo
D) Tomi falls critically ill
  • 48. Who criticises her siblings over their selfishness toward their parents after the funeral?
A) Kyōko
B) Noriko
C) Tomi
D) Shige
  • 49. What does Shige ask for very quickly after Tomi's death?
A) Money from the clinic
B) Tomi's clothes as keepsakes
C) The house in Onomichi
D) The family watch
  • 50. What does Shūkichi give Noriko as a memento from the late Tomi?
A) A photograph
B) A ring
C) A watch
D) A dress
  • 51. What is Shūkichi left with at the end of the film?
A) The solitude he must endure
B) A bustling life in Tokyo
C) Noriko living with him in Onomichi
D) All of his children by his side
  • 52. Who won the Mainichi Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as the eldest daughter Shige?
A) Lindsay Anderson
B) Stanley Kauffmann
C) Yasujiro Ozu
D) Haruko Sugimura
  • 53. In what year was Tokyo Story screened at the National Film Theatre in London?
A) 1960
B) 1957
C) 1972
D) 1953
  • 54. Which film's success at the 1951 Venice Film Festival led to international distribution for Japanese films?
A) Psycho
B) Make Way for Tomorrow
C) Tokyo Story
D) The Mirror
E) Rashomon
  • 55. Who directed the 1951 film Rashomon?
A) Yasujiro Ozu
B) McCarey
C) Akira Kurosawa
D) Derek Malcolm
  • 56. During which decade did Ozu's films begin to be screened in New York City?
A) 1970s
B) 1960s
C) 1950s
D) 1940s
  • 57. Who wrote that Tokyo Story is 'a film about relationships, a film about time, and how it affects human beings'?
A) Lindsay Anderson
B) Roger Ebert
C) Stanley Kauffmann
D) Charles Micherer
  • 58. Who compared Tokyo Story to a Japanese paper flower dropped into water?
A) Stanley Kauffmann
B) John Walker
C) Charles Micherer
D) David Thomson
  • 59. What publication did Charles Micherer write for when reviewing Tokyo Story?
A) Newsweek
B) The Village Voice
C) Cahiers du Cinéma
D) Time
  • 60. What was distributor rental earnings for Tokyo Story in Japan in 1953?
A) ¥53 million
B) ¥131.65 million
C) ¥100 million
D) ¥200 million
  • 61. How many tickets did the film sell upon release in France in 1978?
A) 92,810
B) 177,456
C) 53,000
D) 84,646
  • 62. What percentage of the 53 critics' reviews on Rotten Tomatoes are positive for Tokyo Story?
A) 88%
B) 95%
C) 100%
D) 90%
  • 63. What is the average rating of Tokyo Story on Rotten Tomatoes out of 10?
A) 9.6
B) 8.5
C) 9.0
D) 10.0
  • 64. Who placed Tokyo Story at the top of his published list of the best 1000 films ever made?
A) Roger Ebert
B) John Walker
C) Martin Scorsese
D) Derek Malcolm
  • 65. Which film critic included Tokyo Story in his list titled The Century of Films?
A) Derek Malcolm
B) Eric Hynes
C) Wally Hammond
D) Leonard Maltin
  • 66. Which magazine lists Tokyo Story among its All-Time 100 Movies?
A) The Village Voice
B) Newsweek
C) Time
D) Entertainment Weekly
  • 67. Who placed Tokyo Story in the 'Gold' section of his Film Canon?
A) Roger Ebert
B) Martin Scorsese
C) Paul Schrader
D) Arthur Nolletti Jr
  • 68. Which filmmaker included Tokyo Story on a list of '39 Essential Foreign Films for a Young Filmmaker'?
A) Paul Schrader
B) Akira Kurosawa
C) Martin Scorsese
D) Yasujiro Ozu
  • 69. According to David Bordwell, Ozu was doing what to the American film Make Way for Tomorrow?
A) Dubbing it
B) Destroying it
C) Recasting it
D) Ignoring it
  • 70. What immediate social reality shapes the condition in McCarey's Make Way for Tomorrow?
A) World War II
B) The Great Depression
C) The Cold War
D) Postwar push toward industrialization
  • 71. What immediate social reality shapes the condition in Ozu's Tokyo Story?
A) Intensified postwar push toward industrialization
B) Feudalism
C) The Great Depression
D) The rise of television
  • 72. In The Village Voice, who argued that time itself is Ozu's most potent weapon?
A) Wally Hammond
B) Eric Hynes
C) John Walker
D) Derek Malcolm
  • 73. What ranking did The Village Voice give Tokyo Story in its 1999 list of Best Films of the Century?
A) Number 95
B) Number 36
C) Number 14
D) Number 1
  • 74. At what position was Tokyo Story voted on the '100 Greatest Films' list by Cahiers du Cinéma in 2008?
A) No. 95
B) No. 14
C) No. 1
D) No. 50
  • 75. Which Japanese film magazine named Tokyo Story The Greatest Japanese Film of All Time in 2009?
A) Newsweek
B) Kinema Junpo
C) Cahiers du Cinéma
D) Sight and Sound
  • 76. What position did Entertainment Weekly rank Tokyo Story on its list of the greatest films of all time?
A) 14th
B) 95th
C) 1st
D) 36th
  • 77. On the British Film Institute's Sight and Sound critics' poll, what rank did Tokyo Story achieve in 2012?
A) First
B) Seventeenth
C) Fifth
D) Third
  • 78. On the Sight and Sound directors' poll, what position did Tokyo Story achieve in 2012?
A) Topped the poll
B) Seventeenth
C) Fourth
D) Fifth
  • 79. How many votes out of 358 did Tokyo Story receive to top the Sight and Sound directors' poll in 2012?
A) 358
B) 14
C) 48
D) 100
  • 80. What rank did The Guardian give Tokyo Story in its 2010 list of 25 greatest arthouse films?
A) Fourth
B) First
C) Fifth
D) Third
  • 81. Which German director drew inspiration from Tokyo Story for a 2008 film?
A) Yasujirō Ozu
B) Doris Dörrie
C) Yōji Yamada
D) Akira Kurosawa
  • 82. What is the title of Doris Dörrie's 2008 film inspired by Tokyo Story?
A) Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
B) Tōkyō Kazoku
C) Tokyo Family
D) Cherry Blossoms
  • 83. Which company released a restored version of Tokyo Story on DVD and Blu-ray for Region 1?
A) BFI
B) Tartan Video
C) Doris Dörrie Films
D) The Criterion Collection
  • 84. Which company released the film on DVD and Blu-ray for Region 2?
A) BFI
B) Cherry Blossoms Productions
C) The Criterion Collection
D) Tartan Video
  • 85. In what year did the BFI release a Region 2 dual-format edition of the film?
A) 2010
B) 2008
C) 2013
D) 2011
  • 86. What type of edition did the BFI release in 2010?
A) Region 1 Blu-ray only
B) Region 2 VHS edition
C) Region 2 dual-format edition
D) Region 3 DVD only
  • 87. Which year was Doris Dörrie's film Cherry Blossoms released?
A) 2013
B) 2010
C) 2005
D) 2008
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