Ken Takakura's screen debut, following his admission into Toei ranks via the studio's annual New Faces program, came surprisingly enough in this pair of Okinawa karate films. The two-parter was released on Jan. 29, 1956 as two thirds of a triple feature. Both halves run just under one hour. The fighting is actually pretty good for the time, and it's fun to see Takakura as an impatient, bearded karate rascal.
Japanese study overview
Denkou Karate Uchi is a Japanese movie of 6,079 characters, with 754 unique words and 402 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.9 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 754 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.
- 先生teacher×53
- 忍stealth×34
- 僕I×34
- 名越Nakoe×32
- 唐手karate×29
- 私I×25
- 言うto say×17
- 忍Azumi×17
- 知wisdom×15
- 倒inverse×15
- 流way×15
- 東京Tokyo×15
- 志那子Shinako×14
- 赤田Akata×8
- 恒子Kōko×7
- 比嘉Katsuren×7
- 知事prefectural governor×6
- 県庁prefectural office×4
- 果たし状letter of challenge (to a duel, etc.)×4
- 武術家martial artist×3