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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. What adjective did the censors use to describe their problems with Sugata Sanshiro?
(a) Decadent.
(b) Subversive.
(c) Insinuating.
(d) American.

2. On what does Kurosawa blame the loss of so many good Japanese directors?
(a) The high salaries paid in Hollywood.
(b) Government intervention during the War.
(c) A terrible national work ethic.
(d) The film strike.

3. After the war, what did Akira make a conscious effort to learn about?
(a) European drama.
(b) Confucian philosophy.
(c) Japanese art.
(d) American democracy.

4. After working on Horses, what does Kurosawa spend his life doing besides writing?
(a) Directing radio shows.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Dating women.
(d) Reading Western philosphy.

5. What terrifying job did Yamamoto Kajiro give Akira as chief assistant?
(a) Delivering notes to the lead actors.
(b) Scheduling shoot dates.
(c) Interfacing with the studio heads.
(d) Editing the film.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Akira directing when Yamamoto Kajiro took ill and died?

2. Why did Fushimizu Shu suddenly stop making movies?

3. Why did the censors remove a gate from a Kurosawa film?

4. What is The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail based on?

5. In A Coward and A Weakling, what position was Akira given at the League newspaper?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the break from the Toho, and how did it affect Kurosawa?

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

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

5. How did Yanamoto help Akira grow as a director?

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

7. What was the talent like at the PCL?

8. Describe Kurosawa's relationship with Japanese censors.

9. How did Akira accept japan's defeat in the war?

10. How did Kurosawa meet a famous American director without knowing it?

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