Izu no Odoriko
Movie
1963/06/01
Character count12,166
Word count5,128
Unique words1,279
Words (1-occurrence)705
Unique kanji529
Kanji (1-occurrence)215
Difficulty beta Moderate
During his idle journey on the Izu Peninsula, a university student, Kawasaki, encounters a group of traveling entertainers – including Kaoru (Sayuri Yoshinaga), one of the “odoriko”. Kawasaki is taken and cannot take his eyes off her. When he is invited to stay at the same lodgings, the two grow closer. In time, the two come to learn the pain of love.
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