A foreign spy using the Sorge alias is assigned to Tokyo the capital of Japan just prior to the outbreak of World War II and in the midst of the Japanese imperial ambitions in Eastern Asia. The spy becomes acquainted with a sympathetic communist who like he is attached to the ideals of freedom and rule of the masses. Sorge is able to feed the Soviet Union useful information regarding the Axis allies and their movements in Asia and beyond.
Japanese study overview
Spy Sorge is a Japanese movie of 9,254 characters, with 1,499 unique words and 803 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,499 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.
- 私I×37
- 尾崎Osaki×18
- 日本Japan×17
- 君you×13
- 号外newspaper extra×13
- 近衛Konoe×10
- 思うto think×9
- 上海Shanghai (China)×9
- 天皇陛下His Majesty the Emperor×9
- 人間human being×8
- 僕I×8
- 知るto know×7
- 空襲警報air-raid alarm×6
- 反乱軍rebel army×5
- 杏子apricot (Prunus armeniaca)×4
- 尾崎秀実Ozaki Hotsumi (1901.4.29-1944.11.7)×4
- 列強major powers of the world×4
- ソ連Soviet Union×4
- 元老elder statesman×3
- 中国共産党Chinese Communist Party×3