The original novel is by Shugoro Yamamoto. It depicts a friendship that transcends social status and age, featuring the captivating monologue by Kunie Tanaka and moving expressions of the soul. When the thief Denkuro (Tanaka Kunie) sneaks into a dilapidated mansion, he finds a young samurai (Furuoya Masato) sleeping there. Despite being threatened, the young samurai remains unfazed and helps Denkuro when he falls into a hole in the floor. Denkuro receives a pair of straw sandals from the young samurai who says he hasn't eaten anything for three days, and the next morning Denkuro goes out to buy food and prepare breakfast. From that day on, Denkuro takes care of the naive and helpless young samurai, nicknamed "Nobusan."
Japanese study overview
Dorobou to Wakatono is a Japanese movie of 4,932 characters, with 702 unique words and 328 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.0 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 702 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×24
- お前you×24
- 信Akira×16
- 言うto say×12
- 信honesty×8
- 飲めるto be able to drink×8
- 若殿young lord×7
- 御honorific/polite/humble prefix×7
- 帰るto return×7
- 野郎guy×7
- 思うto think×7
- 飯cooked rice×7
- 平馬Hirama×4
- どじょう汁loach soup×4
- 大殿current master×4
- 炊けるto be boiled×3
- 伝九郎Denkurou×3
- 顔face×7
- 本当にreally×7
- 様Mr×7