Gokenin Zankurou
Drama
御家人斬九郎
1995/01/09
Speech duration
24h 13min
Word count147,143
Unique words12,240
Words (1-occurrence)5,310
Unique kanji1,788
Kanji (1-occurrence)238
Speech speed
269
Difficulty Hard
Episodes51
External Rating
80 %

Zankuro Matsudaira (Ken Watanabe) is a low-grade vassal of the Tokugawa Shogun, forced to moonlight as a bodyguard and executioner to make ends meet. He also has a drinking problem, an overeating mother, and a propensity to protect the oppressed, all of which eat into his finances. His confident mother Masajo (Kyoko Kishida) is the descendant of a famous family of shogunate retainers and a mistress of the pen and sword, who regards her son as a failure.

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Genres
Drama
Tags
Samurai
Subdecks
viewing decks 1-25 from 51 total
Episode 1
Speech duration
40min
Word count3,980
Unique words1,265
Words (1-occurrence)787
Unique kanji566
Kanji (1-occurrence)245
Speech speed
263
Difficulty Hard
Episode 2
Speech duration
25min
Word count2,484
Unique words881
Words (1-occurrence)568
Unique kanji456
Kanji (1-occurrence)206
Speech speed
254
Difficulty Expert
Episode 3
Speech duration
28min
Word count2,797
Unique words956
Words (1-occurrence)610
Unique kanji489
Kanji (1-occurrence)223
Speech speed
258
Difficulty Hard
Episode 4
Speech duration
31min
Word count3,753
Unique words1,261
Words (1-occurrence)813
Unique kanji582
Kanji (1-occurrence)241
Speech speed
291
Difficulty Hard
Episode 5
Speech duration
27min
Word count3,054
Unique words973
Words (1-occurrence)585
Unique kanji451
Kanji (1-occurrence)178
Speech speed
289
Difficulty Hard
Episode 6
Speech duration
25min
Word count2,303
Unique words920
Words (1-occurrence)615
Unique kanji463
Kanji (1-occurrence)227
Speech speed
249
Difficulty Hard
Episode 7
Speech duration
28min
Word count3,220
Unique words1,184
Words (1-occurrence)799
Unique kanji536
Kanji (1-occurrence)226
Speech speed
296
Difficulty Hard
Episode 8
Speech duration
29min
Word count3,188
Unique words1,076
Words (1-occurrence)674
Unique kanji517
Kanji (1-occurrence)217
Speech speed
274
Difficulty Hard
Episode 9
Speech duration
39min
Word count3,939
Unique words1,207
Words (1-occurrence)772
Unique kanji534
Kanji (1-occurrence)215
Speech speed
271
Difficulty Hard
Episode 10
Speech duration
27min
Word count2,832
Unique words885
Words (1-occurrence)536
Unique kanji432
Kanji (1-occurrence)193
Speech speed
269
Difficulty Hard
Episode 11
Speech duration
28min
Word count2,924
Unique words979
Words (1-occurrence)627
Unique kanji470
Kanji (1-occurrence)227
Speech speed
281
Difficulty Hard
Episode 12
Speech duration
8min
Word count945
Unique words484
Words (1-occurrence)349
Unique kanji273
Kanji (1-occurrence)148
Speech speed
312
Difficulty Hard
Episode 13
Speech duration
28min
Word count2,949
Unique words1,087
Words (1-occurrence)748
Unique kanji517
Kanji (1-occurrence)259
Speech speed
277
Difficulty Expert
Episode 14
Speech duration
21min
Word count1,944
Unique words817
Words (1-occurrence)553
Unique kanji423
Kanji (1-occurrence)206
Speech speed
243
Difficulty Hard
Episode 15
Speech duration
29min
Word count2,883
Unique words1,002
Words (1-occurrence)658
Unique kanji484
Kanji (1-occurrence)230
Speech speed
265
Difficulty Hard
Episode 16
Speech duration
30min
Word count2,984
Unique words943
Words (1-occurrence)611
Unique kanji446
Kanji (1-occurrence)207
Speech speed
257
Difficulty Hard
Episode 17
Speech duration
26min
Word count2,922
Unique words1,073
Words (1-occurrence)693
Unique kanji507
Kanji (1-occurrence)227
Speech speed
300
Difficulty Hard
Episode 18
Speech duration
28min
Word count3,090
Unique words1,146
Words (1-occurrence)771
Unique kanji564
Kanji (1-occurrence)250
Speech speed
291
Difficulty Hard
Episode 19
Speech duration
26min
Word count2,577
Unique words971
Words (1-occurrence)616
Unique kanji492
Kanji (1-occurrence)230
Speech speed
253
Difficulty Hard
Episode 20
Speech duration
31min
Word count3,172
Unique words1,025
Words (1-occurrence)643
Unique kanji496
Kanji (1-occurrence)218
Speech speed
274
Difficulty Hard
Episode 21
Speech duration
32min
Word count3,859
Unique words1,173
Words (1-occurrence)703
Unique kanji528
Kanji (1-occurrence)206
Speech speed
312
Difficulty Hard
Episode 22
Speech duration
30min
Word count3,556
Unique words1,171
Words (1-occurrence)777
Unique kanji547
Kanji (1-occurrence)240
Speech speed
299
Difficulty Hard
Episode 23
Speech duration
26min
Word count2,577
Unique words888
Words (1-occurrence)559
Unique kanji437
Kanji (1-occurrence)191
Speech speed
261
Difficulty Hard
Episode 24
Speech duration
28min
Word count3,040
Unique words1,043
Words (1-occurrence)677
Unique kanji468
Kanji (1-occurrence)214
Speech speed
298
Difficulty Hard
Episode 25
Speech duration
31min
Word count2,967
Unique words1,063
Words (1-occurrence)696
Unique kanji494
Kanji (1-occurrence)213
Speech speed
261
Difficulty Hard