Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. When Shingen dies, his generals reluctantly agree to have the impostor take over as the powerful ruler. He soon begins to appreciate life as Shingen, but his commitment to the role is tested when he must lead his troops into battle against the forces of a rival warlord.
Japanese study overview
Kagemusha is a Japanese movie of 13,483 characters, with 1,747 unique words and 819 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is expert, 4.0 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,747 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
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Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 御屋形様nobleman×66
- 申すto say×48
- 信玄Shingen×46
- 殿Mr.×40
- 者person×28
- 勝頼Katsuse×28
- 武田Taketa×25
- 影武者body double×22
- 思うto think×22
- 信廉Nobukado×21
- 様Mr×16
- 動くto move×16
- 竹丸Takemaru×16
- 家康Ieyasu×13
- 影法師shadow figure×12
- 信長Nobunaga×11
- 諏訪Susa×11
- 屋形mansion×10
- お山mountain×9
- 水の手water used for firefighting×5