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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of this section, what does Kurosawa has been a struggle for him?
(a) Controlling his temper.
(b) Staying on good terms with his actors.
(c) Getting funding.
(d) Maintaining a diet.

2. Which of Akira's family members died during the filming of The Drunken Angel?
(a) His older sister.
(b) His mother.
(c) His Aunt.
(d) His father.

3. What does Kurosawa blame for the failure of Scandal?
(a) Mifune Toshiro's overacting.
(b) His own lack of narrative clarity.
(c) A supporting character dominates the film.
(d) His plot was severely trancated in editing.

4. What was the American censor response to No Regrets for Our Youth?
(a) They didn't even watch it.
(b) They trimmed it significantly before approving it.
(c) They approved it.
(d) They refused to approve it.

5. Which of the following was the first movie that Uekusa and Akira wrote together?
(a) Drunken Angel.
(b) Sugata Sanshiro, Part II.
(c) One Wonderful Sunday,
(d) No Regret for Our Youth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kurosawa blame for the failure of Sugata Sanshiro, Part II?

2. What was Fushimizu Shu's film specialty?

3. In An Alleyway in the Floating World, what bothered Akira about his brother's tenement?

4. When does Kurosawa traditionally use the song The Cuckoo Waltz in his films?

5. In Rashomon, Kurosawa wants to recapture the excitement he once felt from what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Akira Kurosawa angered by the state of Japan's film industry?

2. What was the talent like at the PCL?

3. How did One Wonderful Sunday reunite Akira and Mr. Tachikawa?

4. How did Akira become disillusioned with the Proletariat Artists League?

5. How did Akira find his brother in An Alleyway in the Floating World?

6. Why does Kurosawa think Sugata Sanshiro, Part II, was a failure?

7. How did Akira discover the similarity he had to his brother?

8. Why does Kurosawa think his writing process was flawed in Scandal?

9. How did Akira's brother die?

10. How did Mifune Toshiro and Kurosawa begin work together?

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