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