Bungo, fulfilling his duty as a yakuza, kills a man from a rival gang. Since then, he has escaped the clan's vengeance by staying on the road with his son Kenichi. Tired of running, the two settle in a mountain town. Bungo finds work as a lumberjack for the Iwasaki family and Kenichi becomes a student at the local elementary school. Regrettably, their good fortune doesn't last. The yakuza boss, Tomitaka, wants control of the town's lumber and is willing to destroy the Iwasaki to get it. Natsue, Kenichi's estranged no-good mother, returns wanting to take part in the boy's upbringing. And shortly thereafter, a mysterious stranger arrives in town to lay claim on Bungo's life...
Japanese study overview
Shusse Komoriuta is a Japanese movie of 12,693 characters, with 1,219 unique words and 525 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.8 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,219 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.
- 父ちゃんdad×53
- 健一En'ichi×48
- 俺I×46
- 健Ken×31
- 坊bonze×26
- 山mountain×24
- 坊主Buddhist priest×23
- 文吾Bungo×20
- 母ちゃんmum×20
- 坊やboy×18
- 男man×17
- 子どもchild×16
- 木こりwoodcutter×11
- 塚田Tsukata×10
- 富高Tomitaka×9
- 木曽Kiso×7
- 岩崎Iiwasaki×7
- 竹とんぼsmall wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one's hands×4
- 心棒shaft×4
- 子守唄lullaby×3