Gishi Shimatsuki
Movie
義士始末記
1962/09/09
Speech duration
43min
Word count4,443
Unique words1,307
Words (1-occurrence)808
Unique kanji596
Kanji (1-occurrence)237
Speech speed
268
Difficulty Expert

In the 15th year of the Genroku era (1688), the world praised the 47 ronin who avenged the death of their master Asano Takumi-no-kami. Shogun Tsunayoshi, who ruled at that time, experienced difficulties in what punishment to impose on the soldiers. As a result, it was decided to sentence them to seppuku (ritual suicide).

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