Together with Shimada Akira (Hagiwara Masato), the last appointed governor of Okinawa during the war, Arai Taizo (Murakami Jun), the chief of police of Okinawa Prefecture, goes beyond his duties and strives to protect the lives of the citizens of the prefecture. As the ravages of war intensify, the two, who each carried a heavy cross during the Battle of Okinawa, desperately devote themselves to saving the lives of the Okinawan people, with the belief that "life is precious." A human drama, set in Okinawa at the end of World War II, depicting the preciousness of human life. Directed by Igarashi Sho of One Step on a Mine, It's All Over.
Japanese study overview
Shimamori no Tou is a Japanese movie of 12,796 characters, with 1,759 unique words and 831 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.4 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,759 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.
- 知事prefectural governor×39
- 私I×32
- 沖縄Okinawa (city, prefecture)×32
- 死ぬto die×32
- 敵opponent×23
- 由紀Miyuki×21
- 軍army×21
- 生きるto live×18
- 県民resident of a prefecture×17
- 凛cold×15
- 皆さんall×15
- 私たちwe×13
- 疎開evacuation (to the country)×12
- 首里Shusato×10
- 虜囚captive×9
- 辱めを受けるto be humiliated×9
- 壕moat×9
- 島田Shikuda×9
- 知念Chine×9
- 荒井Arai×8