Nobuko Otowa plays a former Seto Inland Sea island farmer who has moved to the mainland in order to find work, but instead ends up dead. The film begins with the discovery of her corpse, which leads to an investigation that uncovers the narcotics, prostitution, and murder in which many poor farmers had found themselves trapped after World War II.
Japanese study overview
Kagerou is a Japanese movie of 17,587 characters, with 1,693 unique words and 737 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,693 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 道子Michiko×58
- 島island×55
- 君you×43
- 出るto leave×34
- 言うto say×32
- 人person×28
- 中西Nakasai×27
- 知るto know×25
- 島Island×25
- 私I×22
- 思うto think×20
- 僕I×20
- 本郷one's hometown×19
- 尾道Odō×18
- 土田Tsutaji×16
- 三笠Mikasa×14
- 大石Oishi×12
- 会わすto make (someone) to meet×5
- 部落hamlet×4
- 役場town hall×4