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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. Which Japanese director is not mentioned in Good People?
(a) Naruse Mikio.
(b) Fushimizu Shu.
(c) Yasujiro Ozu.
(d) Takizawa Eisuke.

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

3. What was Yaguchi Yoko's job on The Most Beautiful?
(a) Art director.
(b) Assistant director.
(c) Head of makeup.
(d) Actress.

4. What does Kurosawa admit he suffers from at the very end of SOMETHING LIKE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY?
(a) Chronic laziness.
(b) Dyslexia.
(c) Egotism.
(d) Auteurism.

5. Why was PCL first established?
(a) To stock chain stores with simple film.
(b) To provide film for spy planes.
(c) To research for sound films.
(d) To develop military technology.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Kurosawa begin shooting Sugata Sanshiro?

2. How did young Akira look different than his brother?

3. Which on-set worker was moved to tears while filming the final scene of The Quiet Duel?

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

5. Which of Akira's family members died during the filming of The Drunken Angel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Kurosawa trying to evoke, visually, with Rashomon?

2. What terrible experience does Kurosawa relate at the end of An Alleyway in the Floating World?

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

4. Who were Akira's major influences in becoming the man he became?

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

6. What character flaw does Akira Kurosawa admit to at the end of Something Like an Autobiography?

7. Why was the final fight of Sugata Sanshiro a challenge for Kurosawa?

8. What controversy does Kurosawa have filming a night scene in Sugata Sanshiro?

9. How did Akira's brother die?

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

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