A noble samurai serving the Shogun as 'Kogi Kaishaku-nin' (Official Executioner) is the target of a plot by the evil Yagyu Clan to take away his position and replace him with a member of their own family. When his wife is murdered and evidence is produced that he was plotting against the Shogun the Code of Bushido calls for him and his son to commit sepuku. Instead he defies the Shogun's orders and takes up arms against his enemies, becoming an assassin for hire.
Japanese study overview
Kozure Ookami: Sono Chisaki Te ni is a Japanese movie of 6,982 characters, with 1,049 unique words and 535 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is expert, 4.1 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,049 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.
- 柳生Yagiu×78
- 大五郎Daigorou×35
- 拝bowing one's head (in respect or worship)×34
- 一刀sword×24
- 裏opposite side×24
- 父father×13
- 者person×12
- 備前Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)×12
- 公儀imperial court×11
- 子child×11
- 申すto say×10
- 道road×10
- 介錯人person who beheads someone to end a seppuku×9
- 兄者older brother×9
- 蔵人keeper of imperial archives×6
- 将軍家family positioned to accede to the shogunate×6
- 水鴎流old sword fighting×5
- 御前試合contest held in the presence of a daimyo, shogun or the Emperor×5
- 兵庫Hyogo (prefecture)×5
- 持仏堂hall or room where a private Buddha statue or ancestor tablets are kept×5