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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which on-set worker was moved to tears while filming the final scene of The Quiet Duel?
2. In An Alleyway in the Floating World, how did the little girl respond to Akira's rescuing her?
3. Where was Akira directing when Yamamoto Kajiro took ill and died?
4. Who ordered Kurosawa to cut a scene from a movie, which he refused?
5. What does Kurosawa blame for the failure of Sugata Sanshiro, Part II?
Short Essay Questions
1. What terrible experience does Kurosawa relate at the end of An Alleyway in the Floating World?
2. Why does Kurosawa think Sugata Sanshiro, Part II, was a failure?
3. What was Akira's editing experience under Yanamoto?
4. How is Akira Kurosawa angered by the state of Japan's film industry?
5. How did Yanamoto help Akira grow as a director?
6. How did Rashomon catapult Kurosawa to a new level of international recognition?
7. Why was the final fight of Sugata Sanshiro a challenge for Kurosawa?
8. How did an army major and Akira Kurosawa come to an agreement regarding cutting a scene from one of his films?
9. Describe Kurosawa's relationship with Japanese censors.
10. What was Kurosawa trying to evoke, visually, with Rashomon?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Throughout the book, Akira Kurosawa maintains a sort of bemused, precise tone. Occasionally, though, the death of a loved one will elicit some deep emotional response. Write an essay detailing three of these occasions:
Part 1) Why does Akira Kurosawa only mention one of his sisters in the book? What is special about this particular sister, and what role did she play in young Akira's life? What particular elements of her death does the author mention, and how does this description affect him even as he writes them?
Part 2) Who is Aunt Togashi, and why is she so dear to young Akira? How old was she when she died, and what does Kurosawaa suspect was the cause of her death? What emotion does this elicit, and how is it different from the one his sister's death elicited?
Part 3) Discuss the profound impact Akira's father's death had on him as an adult. What action did Akira take upon receiving word of his father's passing? What experience did he have the next morning,a nd how was he able to convert it into a work of cinematic art?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay about Akira Kurosawa's sense of national identity. What does he state to the reader directly about being a child of the world? What issues did Kurosawa have with Japan during the War, and how did he subtly deny his homeland? Discuss the shift that happens in Kurosawa's attitude when Japan loses the War. What new outlook regarding his home country develops? How does this manifest itself in his interests in art and culture?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay about the relationship between Uekusa and Akira Kurosawa in the book. To what extent does Akira represent the intellect and Uekusa the heart? What romantic and foolhardy exploits does Uekusa undertake at a young age? Does he succeed in any of them? How does Akira deal with girls and danger at this same age? What professional relationship develops between these two men later?
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