Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.
Japanese study overview
Kumonosujou is a Japanese movie of 8,496 characters, with 1,194 unique words and 589 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.8 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,194 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.
- 城castle×49
- 大殿current master×42
- 殿feudal lord×38
- 三木Sauki×34
- 砦fort×32
- 俺I×32
- 殿Mr.×28
- 森forest×26
- 舘mansion (of a noble)×22
- 様Mr×22
- 物の怪evil spirit×20
- 鷲津Washizu×19
- 出合うto meet (by chance)×17
- 蜘蛛手radiating in all directions×15
- 義明Gimyou×14
- 則保Noriho×14
- 若君young lord or prince×11
- 武時Taketoki×10
- 寄手attacking army×10
- 干るto dry (up)×9