In Tensho 9, as Oda Nobunaga nears the unification of Japan, he assigns trusted generals to conquer remaining regions. Meanwhile, a peasant farmer named Sahei, resembling Nobunaga, is chosen by Hideyoshi and Sen no Rikyu to act as Nobunaga’s shadow. Furious at the idea of a double, Nobunaga confronts Sahei, who courageously performs the "Atsumori" dance, impressing Nobunaga enough to accept him as his Kagemusha. Sahei’s first test as the shadow warrior comes at a memorial service for the Oda family.
Japanese study overview
Kagemusha Oda Nobunaga is a Japanese movie of 12,871 characters, with 1,501 unique words and 696 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is expert, 4.0 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,501 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
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Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 上above×102
- 信長Nobunaga×93
- 影武者body double×34
- 平something broad and flat×33
- 左left×32
- 百姓farmer×31
- 濃姫Nouhime×28
- 秀吉Shuukichi×25
- 私I×20
- お前you×19
- 瓜melon×19
- 猿monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata)×19
- 天下人ruler of the whole country×15
- 備中Bitchū (former province located in the west of present-day Okayama Prefecture)×15
- 光秀Kōshuu×13
- 寧々Nene×11
- 八重eightfold×10
- 蘭丸Ranmaru×9
- 濃dark (color)×8
- 法要Buddhist memorial service×7