Ikiru - Quiz
Ikiru
  • 1. Who directed the film 'Ikiru'?
A) Akira Kurosawa
B) Takeshi Kitano
C) Yasujiro Ozu
D) Hayao Miyazaki
  • 2. What year was 'Ikiru' released?
A) 1978
B) 1965
C) 1983
D) 1952
  • 3. What is the main character's name in 'Ikiru'?
A) Kanji Watanabe
B) Takashi Saito
C) Hiroshi Nakai
D) Yusuke Kobayashi
  • 4. What genre is 'Ikiru'?
A) Comedy
B) Science Fiction
C) Drama
D) Thriller
  • 5. What does Kanji Watanabe build as his final act of redemption?
A) A Hospital
B) A Garden
C) A Library
D) A Playground
  • 6. What does 'Ikiru' mean in English?
A) Hope
B) To Live
C) Dream
D) Love
  • 7. How does Kanji Watanabe initially react to his diagnosis?
A) With Confusion
B) With Acceptance
C) With Anger
D) With Denial
  • 8. What is the running time of 'Ikiru'?
A) 175 minutes
B) 98 minutes
C) 143 minutes
D) 210 minutes
  • 9. Where does much of the story in 'Ikiru' take place?
A) Hospital
B) Park
C) City Hall
D) School
  • 10. Which novella partly inspired the screenplay for 'Ikiru'?
A) Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
B) War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
C) Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
D) The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy
  • 11. What position did Kanji Watanabe hold in 'Ikiru'?
A) Doctor
B) School teacher
C) Lawyer
D) Tokyo public works department bureaucrat
  • 12. What personal event prompts Kanji Watanabe to seek meaning in 'Ikiru'?
A) Death of his wife
B) Loss of his job
C) Retirement from his job
D) Diagnosis of terminal stomach cancer
  • 13. What does Kanji Watanabe initially attempt to do after learning about his illness?
A) Move out of Tokyo
B) Resign from his job immediately
C) Start a new business
D) Tell his son Mitsuo about the cancer
  • 14. What song does Kanji Watanabe sing in the nightclub?
A) "The Last Dance"
B) "Tokyo Nights"
C) "Gondola no Uta" ("Life is Brief")
D) "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"
  • 15. Who does Kanji Watanabe encounter that influences his perspective on life?
A) Toyo, a young female subordinate
B) An old friend from college
C) His wife
D) A famous novelist
  • 16. What symbolizes 'meaningless activity' in the film?
A) Money
B) Education
C) Paperwork
D) Technology
  • 17. How is Japanese healthcare depicted in 'Ikiru'?
A) As affordable and accessible
B) As efficient and patient-centered
C) As innovative and cutting-edge
D) As overly bureaucratic and paternalistic
  • 18. Who was originally set to adapt the screenplay for the U.S. remake of 'Ikiru'?
A) Charlie Kaufman
B) David Mamet
C) Richard Price
D) Aaron Sorkin
  • 19. What rating does 'Ikiru' have on Rotten Tomatoes?
A) 65% positive rating
B) 98% positive rating
C) 85% positive rating
D) 75% positive rating
  • 20. Which film magazine voted 'Ikiru' No. 13 on its list of The Greatest Japanese Films of All Time?
A) Time Out London
B) The Village Voice
C) Kinema Junpo
D) Empire magazine
  • 21. Which Indian-Hindi film was inspired by 'Ikiru'?
A) Deewar
B) Anand
C) Sholay
D) Mother India
  • 22. Which magazine ranked 'Ikiru' 44th on its list of The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema?
A) Empire magazine
B) Variety
C) Time Out London
D) The Village Voice
  • 23. Who adapted the British remake titled 'Living' of 'Ikiru'?
A) Ian McEwan
B) Hilary Mantel
C) Kazuo Ishiguro
D) Zadie Smith
  • 24. Which publication named 'Ikiru' one of the 10 most overrated films in 2016?
A) Variety
B) The Daily Telegraph
C) Empire magazine
D) Time Out London
  • 25. Who directed the British remake 'Living' of 'Ikiru'?
A) Alfonso Cuarón
B) Oliver Hermanus
C) Christopher Nolan
D) Ridley Scott
  • 26. Who agreed to direct the U.S. remake of 'Ikiru' in 2004?
A) Martin Scorsese
B) Jim Sheridan
C) Steven Spielberg
D) Clint Eastwood
  • 27. Which critic called 'Ikiru' a 'strangely fascinating and affecting film'?
A) David Conrad
B) Bosley Crowther
C) Roger Ebert
D) Wally Hammond
  • 28. In what year was 'Ikiru' remade as a Japanese television film?
A) 2009
B) 2007
C) 2008
D) 2010
  • 29. Which critic's poll ranked 'Ikiru' 12th in 1972?
A) Time Out London poll
B) Sight & Sound critics poll
C) Variety staff poll
D) Empire magazine poll
  • 30. Which magazine ranked 'Ikiru' 459th on its list of the 500 greatest movies of all time in 2008?
A) Variety
B) Empire
C) The New Yorker
D) Time Out
  • 31. At which Berlin International Film Festival did 'Ikiru' compete for the Golden Bear?
A) 6th
B) 4th
C) 5th
D) 7th
  • 32. Under what title was 'Ikiru' released in California in 1956?
A) Watanabe's Last Days
B) The Life of Kanji Watanabe
C) Doomed
D) Swing of Life
  • 33. Which publication ranked 'Ikiru' at number 212 in its list of the top 250 Best Films of the Century?
A) Empire magazine
B) The Village Voice
C) Variety
D) Time Out London
  • 34. Who starred in the British remake 'Living' of 'Ikiru'?
A) Gary Oldman
B) Daniel Day-Lewis
C) Bill Nighy
D) Colin Firth
  • 35. 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) 2008
B) 2012
C) 1999
D) 1972
  • 36. In which year was the British remake 'Living' released?
A) 2024
B) 2023
C) 2022
D) 2021
  • 37. Which film festival screened 'Ikiru' in 1954?
A) Toronto International Film Festival
B) Cannes Film Festival
C) Venice Film Festival
D) Berlin International Film Festival
  • 38. Who starred as the lead role in the planned U.S. remake of 'Ikiru'?
A) George Clooney
B) Tom Hanks
C) Brad Pitt
D) Leonardo DiCaprio
  • 39. Which kabuki actor starred in the 2007 TV remake of 'Ikiru'?
A) Bandō Tamasaburō
B) Ichikawa Ennosuke III
C) Onoe Matsunosuke
D) Matsumoto Kōshirō IX
  • 40. Who wrote the book for the musical adaptation of 'Ikiru' produced in Japan?
A) Haruki Murakami
B) Ryunosuke Akutagawa
C) Chikae Takahashi
D) Yasunari Kawabata
  • 41. Which critic included 'Ikiru' on a list of 39 Essential Foreign Films for a Young Filmmaker?
A) Wally Hammond
B) Martin Scorsese
C) Roger Ebert
D) Bosley Crowther
  • 42. Who composed the music for the 2020 Japanese musical adaptation of 'Ikiru'?
A) Ennio Morricone
B) Jason Howland
C) Hans Zimmer
D) John Williams
  • 43. Which publication included 'Ikiru' in its list of The 100 greatest foreign language films?
A) BBC
B) The Village Voice
C) Sight & Sound
D) Time
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