You can find the BigOnJapan.com Japanese Movie Quiz here on Facebook or check it out below. It’s a quiz about Japanese movies, actors and directors, as well as films made on location in Japan. If you take the quiz on Facebook you can get the correct answers instantly, whereas if you take the quiz below you can find a link to the answers at the bottom of the post. Gambatte!

01

Q01: In the film Lost In Translation, Bill Murray is in Japan to promote which product?

1. Nissin Cup Noodles
2. Asahi Beer
3. Pocky Chocolate
4. Suntory Whisky

02

Q02: Ridley Scott’s 1989 thriller Black Rain was shot in which Japanese city?

1. Hiroshima
2. Osaka
3. Nagasaki
4. Tokyo

03

Q03: Which of these Japanese blockbusters has not been remade by Hollywood?

1. Shall We Dansu (Shall We Dance) [1996]
2. Ring (Ringu) [1998]
3. Batoru Rowaiaru (Battle Royale) [2000]
4. Ju-on [2003]

04

Q04: Akira Kurosawa’s 1961 film Yojimbo was the inspiration for which later film?

1. The Dirty Dozen
2. The Magnificent Seven
3. A Fistful of Dollars
4. Once Upon A Time In The West

05

Q05: What is the highest-grossing film of all time in Japan?

1. Akira [1988]
2. Mononoke Hime (Princess Mononoke) [1997]
3. Godzilla [1998]
4. Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi (Spirited Away) [2001]

06

Q06: Which of these films was not based on a Japanese manga comic book?

1. Jackie Chan’s City Hunter [1993]
2. Takeshi Kitano’s Zatōichi [2003]
3. Park Chan-wook’s Oldboy [2005]
4. Shūsuke Kaneko’s Desu Nōto (Death Note) [2006]

07

Q07: Which of these films was not directed by Studio Ghibili’s Hiyao Miyazaki?

1. Tonari no Totoro (My Neighbour Totoro) [1988]
2. Mononoke Hime (Princess Mononoke) [1997]
3. Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi (Spirited Away) [2001]
4. Appurushiido (Appleseed) [2004]

08

Q08: What was the name of Beat Takeshi’s feature film debut as director and star?

1. Hana-bi (Fireworks)
2. Sono Otoko, Kyōbō Ni Tsuki (Violent Cop)
3. Sonatine
4. 3-4X Jūgatsu (Boiling Point)

09

Q09: Which of these films was not made by controversial director Takashi Miike?

1. Tetsuo: The Iron Man [1989]
2. Ōdishon (Audition) [1999]
3. Bijitā Kyū (Visitor Q) [2001]
4. Koroshiya 1 (Ichi the Killer) [2001]

10

Q10: Which of these is not the title of a Godzilla film?

1. King Kong vs Godzilla
2. Godzilla Raids Again
3. Mothra vs Godzilla
4. Godzilla Does Dallas

You can find the answers here in my previous post.

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