Original work from director Irie Yu of Memoirs of a Murder and the "8000 MILES: SR Saitama's Rapper" series. Set in a provincial city, the story depicts men who are trapped in a vicious downward spiral. Eldest son Ichiro absconded as a youth. Second son Jiro is a city councilman. Youngest son Saburo manages a call girl service. The death of their father brings together three brothers who have pursued different paths in life, and the situation deteriorates as their inescapable fates intertwine once again.
Japanese study overview
Vigilante is a Japanese movie of 9,634 characters, with 1,031 unique words and 516 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.9 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,031 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
This title is too short to reliably find similar media.
Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- お前you×32
- 早くearly×26
- 待つto wait×26
- 二郎Jirou×20
- 一郎Ichio×18
- 土地plot of land×18
- 思うto think×15
- 三郎third son×14
- 誰who×14
- 俺I×13
- 下橋Shitahashi×13
- 帰るto return×13
- 神藤Kanafuji×8
- 大迫Ousako×6
- 二郎second son×4
- 市議会議員city council member×4
- 公正証書notarized document×4
- 大泉Oizumi×3
- 自警団vigilante group×3
- 岸Kishi×3