Fuyu Gamae

Movie·冬構え·When Winter Comes
Fuyu Gamae
1985/03/30
Speech time
54min
Word count4,542
Unique words
1,299
Unique kanji
557
Speech speed
225
Difficulty Average

An old man cashes in all his possessions and sets off on a journey to the Tohoku region in late autumn. Along the way, he visits a friend on his deathbed and develops a faint affection for an elegant old woman, but the purpose of his journey is actually to find a place to die. He gives a large sum of money to a young couple, who are poor but have a dream for the future, and tries to throw himself into the sea. The movie depicts the loneliness of an old man who has lost his wife.

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Japanese study overview

Fuyu Gamae is a Japanese movie of 11,594 characters, with 1,299 unique words and 557 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.9 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,299 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.

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