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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Kagemusha (1980) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Kagemusha (1980) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Kagemusha (1980).
About the movie:
When a powerful warlord in medieval Japan dies, a poor thief recruited to impersonate him finds difficulty...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Kagemusha (1980)?
a.
Much of the film recounts actual historical events, including Shingens death and the two-year secret, and the climactic Battle of Nagashino in 1575. Those scenes are also modeled closely on detailed accounts of the battle.
b.
During the World Unity Fair fight scene, in the background one of the signs on the buildings shows a police officer and behind him read the words "Protecting, Serving, Blah Blah Blah."
c.
In the ending credits of the movie
Kal Penn
is listed twice. He is credited as Kal Penn playing Gogol and Kalpen Modi playing Nikhil.
d.
Sammy Lee
took over as dance director when
Bobby Connolly
got involved as dance director in
The Wizard of Oz
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Kagemusha (1980)?
a.
In Region 1 territories, this was
Akira Kurosawa
s first film to be released on the Blu-Ray Disc format.
b.
The house used in the film was an actual house in the woods of Newton, New Jersey. No one had lived there for 15 years prior to filming. The previous owner of the home was murdered there.
c.
The original title was "Significant Other".
d.
The galactic capitol planet of Coruscant was first mentioned in the first Expanded Universe tie-in novel "Heir To The Empire" by Timothy Zahn, set five years after
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Kagemusha (1980)?
a.
Ashley Tisdale
auditioned for Karen Smith.
b.
To secure part of the funding required to make the film,
Akira Kurosawa
teamed up with the Suntory Whiskey company to create advertisements for the drink on the set of "Kagemusha". These advertisements are included as extras on the Criterion edition DVD.
c.
The events in this film revolve around Heather Langenkamp (I) having a stalker. In real life she did have a stalker, and
Wes Craven
got her permission to weave it into the story.
d.
Nathan Myers and DLytha Myers, who play the lead characters, a broken-up couple in the story, are married in real life.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Kagemusha (1980)?
a.
Two characters are named "Dan" and "Jinks", after producer
Dan Jinks
.
b.
The snakes used in the movie were palm pit vipers and green tree boas with appliances glued on their heads.
c.
When Toho Studios couldnt fulfill the budget demands of the film, American film directors
George Lucas
and
Francis Ford Coppola
helped
Akira Kurosawa
by convincing 20th Century-Fox (still riding high after the success of Lucas
Star Wars
) to fund the remaining portion of the budget in exchange for "Kagemusha"s international distribution rights.
d.
The man playing Dr. Baines is
Gordon McLendon
. He was the uncredited executive producer and financier of this and its companion feature
The Giant Gila Monster
. He owned radio stations and a chain of theaters in Texas.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Kagemusha (1980)?
a.
At the Cafe Alonzo, when policeman Seth Frank (
Ed Harris
) and Secret Service agent Bill Burton (
Scott Glenn
) are standing inside a building foyer, a plaque on the door of the foyer reads "This Week Only: Carol Glenn Watercolor Exhibition". Carol Glenn is an artist and
Scott Glenn
s wife of many years. Some of her watercolors can just be glimpsed.
b.
Shintarô Katsu
was originally slated to play the lead role but he was dismissed by Kurasawa after Katsu came to a rehearsal with a video camera and said he wanted to document the experience for an acting class he was teaching.
c.
The Los Angeles Times reports that film director
Tim Burton
based the White Queen on TV cook and cookbook author
Nigella Lawson
. The character in the movie is played by
Anne Hathaway
. "Theres this very beautiful cooking show host in England named Nigella Lawson and I quietly had her as my image for this character," Burton said. "Shes really beautiful and she does all this cooking, but then theres this glint in her eye and when you see it you go, Oh, whoa, shes like really ... nuts. I mean in a good way. Well, maybe. I dont know."
d.
More squib charges were used in this film than in the three-hour war epic
The Longest Day
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Kagemusha (1980)?
a.
The left hand you see drawing during the titles sequence belongs to director Henry Selick.
b.
Drea de Matteo
filmed all her scenes in one day.
c.
This became the final feature film for one of director
Akira Kurosawa
s favorite actors,
Takashi Shimura
. Shimura would pass away in 1982.
d.
T-Birds final words are from Book IV of Miltons "Paradise Lost". When Lucifer is found in Paradise by two Cherubs, he rebukes them for not recognizing him. They rebuke right back saying that his appearance has changed from being in Hell. "So spake the Cherub; and his grave rebuke, Severe in youthful beauty, added grace Invincible: Abashed the Devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is, and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely; saw, and pined His loss"
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