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Quiz about Filmography of Toshiro Mifune and Akira Kurosawa
Quiz about Filmography of Toshiro Mifune and Akira Kurosawa

Filmography of Toshiro Mifune and Akira Kurosawa Quiz


Spanning from 1948 till 1965, the partnership of Toshiro Mifune and Akira Kurosawa has provided one of the silver screen's most powerful actor-director duos of all time. I'll describe the Mifune role, you give me the Kurosawa film.

A multiple-choice quiz by gentlegiant17. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Jul 23 22
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Question 1 of 10
1. Matsunaga, a small-time delinquent, gets shot in his hand. He is treated by a doctor who has his own share of problems, having been diagnosed with tubercolosis. The two engage in a charged relationship which is bent on destruction. Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. General Makabe Rokurota, a faithful master of tactics, leads his capricious Princess to safety beyond enemy lines. Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Tajomaru, a reckless bandit involved in a rape and murder case, lays out his version of the events. The man who finds the body, the raped woman, and even the murdered husband (through a medium) also presents his version of the same chain of events.

Answer: (one word - 8 letters)
Question 4 of 10
4. Sanjuro Kuwabatake, a cunning samurai who has had enough of unemployment, arranges parallel payments for himself from two rival village gangs - serving as a bodyguard for both. Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Kikuchiyo, a would-be samurai with lots of adrenaline (and possibly ADHD as well) joins a group of skilled samurai in their heroic effort to defend a hard-living village from looting bandits. Although he loses his life, the task is successful and he proves to be a true samurai in spirit after all.

Answer: (English title, two words - 5 letters and 7 letters need I say more?)
Question 6 of 10
6. Murakami, a rookie detective, gets his pistol pick-pocketed on a Tokyo bus. The pistol in turn is used by a criminal for robbery and murder. The movie reaches its climax when the two meet face to face. Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Denkichi Akama and Sutekuchi are two characters played by Toshiro Mifune in two Kurosawa films which were based on the works of two great Russian authors - who are they? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly Japanese who has been through the turmoil of WWII, is overcome with phobia of the next nuclear disaster which will wipe Japan out. He resolves to emigrate to Brazil. His family reacts by declaring him mentally incompetent. Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Kingo Gondo is about to take ownership of a successful shoe company when faced with an utter moral dilemma. A kidnapper mistakenly takes hold of his chauffeur's son (instead of his own son), demanding an exorbitant ransom for the release. Gondo decides to pay the ransom. The hunt for the criminal, and his motives, ensues. Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Dr. Kyojio Niide is a doctor running a small clinic in one of Edo's neighbourhoods. His external roughness is a mere manifestation of his earnest love of his profession, his patients and his rebel apprentice.
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Matsunaga, a small-time delinquent, gets shot in his hand. He is treated by a doctor who has his own share of problems, having been diagnosed with tubercolosis. The two engage in a charged relationship which is bent on destruction.

Answer: Drunken Angel

Released in 1948, "Drunken Angel" is the first collaboration between Mifune and Kurosawa. The hard and cruel life below the poverty line is mirrored for the viewer without use of cosmetics. Toshiro Mifune's fresh appearance serves as an excellant background to Takashi Shimura's masterful performance as Sanada, the drunken physician.
2. General Makabe Rokurota, a faithful master of tactics, leads his capricious Princess to safety beyond enemy lines.

Answer: The Hidden Fortress

Released in 1958, "The Hidden Fortress" is an ultimate show of strength with perfect passages between storytelling, humour, suspense and action.
This film had a huge influence on George Lucas and his "Star Wars" series.
see: http://moongadget.com/origins/kurosawa.html
3. Tajomaru, a reckless bandit involved in a rape and murder case, lays out his version of the events. The man who finds the body, the raped woman, and even the murdered husband (through a medium) also presents his version of the same chain of events.

Answer: Rashomon

Released in 1950, "Rashomon" has won the Golden Lion Award of the Venice Film Festival the following year and familiarized Kurosawa and Mifune with the Western audience. The script is based on two short stories by Ryonusuke Akutagawa - "Rashomon" and "In A Grove". What exactly happened in that forest? Who is mislead by his memory and who is simply lying? It is up to the viewer to decide.
4. Sanjuro Kuwabatake, a cunning samurai who has had enough of unemployment, arranges parallel payments for himself from two rival village gangs - serving as a bodyguard for both.

Answer: Yojimbo

Released in 1961, "Yojimbo" is a classic Kurosawa East-West bridging film, much influenced by 1940s' western movies, and in turn influencing 1960s' movies of the same genre ("A Fistful of Dollars" is a 1964 remake of "Yojimbo" by Sergio Leone). Mifune displays here one of the most natural and eloquent roles ever - poetry-in-motion style.
Sorry if I have mislead you with Sanjuro, which is the 1962 sequel to Yojimbo (where Mifune plays Sanjuro Tsubaki).
5. Kikuchiyo, a would-be samurai with lots of adrenaline (and possibly ADHD as well) joins a group of skilled samurai in their heroic effort to defend a hard-living village from looting bandits. Although he loses his life, the task is successful and he proves to be a true samurai in spirit after all.

Answer: Seven Samurai

Released in 1954 and spanning nearly three and a half hours of intense action, it is almost impossible to blink when watching this ultimate masterpiece.
6. Murakami, a rookie detective, gets his pistol pick-pocketed on a Tokyo bus. The pistol in turn is used by a criminal for robbery and murder. The movie reaches its climax when the two meet face to face.

Answer: Stray Dog

Released in 1949, this movie hides a handfull of motifs on post-war Japan. Murakami is made a better man by the war, while the criminal Yusa gets corrupted. Who will win? What will Japan's new face look like?
Again, Mifune's fine acting here is an excellant companion to Takashi Shimura's masterful display playing Sato, Murakami's veteran chief.
7. Denkichi Akama and Sutekuchi are two characters played by Toshiro Mifune in two Kurosawa films which were based on the works of two great Russian authors - who are they?

Answer: Fyodor Dostoyevski and Maxim Gorky

Denkichi Akama is the tragic hero of "The Idiot" (1951) based on Fyodor Dostoyevski's book.
Sutekuchi is one of the characters in "The Lower Depths" (1957) based on Maxim Gorky's play (Kurosawa's production of the film is as near to a play as a film can be).
8. Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly Japanese who has been through the turmoil of WWII, is overcome with phobia of the next nuclear disaster which will wipe Japan out. He resolves to emigrate to Brazil. His family reacts by declaring him mentally incompetent.

Answer: I Live In Fear

Also known as "Record Of A Living Being" this film was released in 1955. The film offers one of the first open discussions in Japan of the aftermath of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Toshiro Mifune demonstrates his extreme versatility, playing an elderly man with finesse and accuracy.
9. Kingo Gondo is about to take ownership of a successful shoe company when faced with an utter moral dilemma. A kidnapper mistakenly takes hold of his chauffeur's son (instead of his own son), demanding an exorbitant ransom for the release. Gondo decides to pay the ransom. The hunt for the criminal, and his motives, ensues.

Answer: High And Low

Released in 1963, "High And Low" (or "Heaven And Hell") is one of the most powerful manifests on the social state of affairs in Japan of its time. Gondo lives on a high cool hill - "heaven", whilst Takeuchi (the kidnapper) resides in a steaming slum below - "hell". Gondo has to take a decision which puts his personal fate (high class) and his chauffeur's son's fate (low class) on the same plane. Only Toshiro Mifune could have depicted this dilemma so clearly.
10. Dr. Kyojio Niide is a doctor running a small clinic in one of Edo's neighbourhoods. His external roughness is a mere manifestation of his earnest love of his profession, his patients and his rebel apprentice.

Answer: Red Beard

Released in 1965, "Red Beard" ("Akahige") is the last Mifune-Kurosawa film. It's a three hour long masterpiece with a five minute on-tape intermission!. Two years of production took their toll and broke the relationship between the two, leaving a bitter taste.

Thanks for taking this quiz. Do go and watch these films if you haven't done so yet. Sorry about the ones I had to leave out.
Source: Author gentlegiant17

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