Journalist Kuroki is investigating clandestine arms sales to Southeast Asia. He discovers that the point man in an arms trade was also involved in the cover-up of a murder on an American base during the Allied Occupation. The film rolls along as a suspenseful thriller while offering a critique of political corruption, hypocrisy, and journalistic cowardice in postwar Japan.
Japanese study overview
Hokori Takaki Chousen is a Japanese movie of 12,076 characters, with 1,375 unique words and 645 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,375 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.
- 俺I×47
- 君you×43
- 黒木unbarked lumber×33
- 思うto think×27
- 言うto say×25
- 高山high mountain×25
- 方direction×21
- 弘美Hiromi×18
- 聞くto hear×17
- 今now×16
- 前in front (of)×16
- 私I×16
- 鉄鋼iron and steel×8
- 高山Kōzan×8
- 新報news×7
- 革命政府revolutionary government×6
- 業界紙trade journal×5
- 三原Sanbara×5
- 税関customs×5
- ブン屋newspaper reporter×4