A crippled kabuki player is taken into a strolling company of itinerant actors. An influential publisher notices his honest, bold drawings, and nurtures him despite persecution and betrayal. The film explores the eternal relationship between artist and producer, and describes the emanicipation of a man who refuses to let himself become the plaything of power and money.
Japanese study overview
Sharaku is a Japanese movie of 17,420 characters, with 2,054 unique words and 820 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 2,054 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.
- お前you×53
- 描くto draw×43
- 俺I×40
- 旦那master (of a house, shop, etc.)×38
- 絵picture×35
- 写楽Sharaku (Edo period painter)×33
- 取るto take×32
- 歌麿Utamaro×29
- お前さんyou×27
- 蔦ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)×26
- 重Atsushi×24
- 待つto wait×22
- 絵師painter×20
- 成田屋Naritaya×19
- 役者絵actor print×15
- 蔦屋Tsutaya×11
- 吉原Yoshihara×9
- 旦那さまhusband×9
- 京伝Kyōden×8
- 廓district×7