Four henchmen kill Ryu, the head of a group of dollar buyers, on a dark construction site. They divide 1.2 million yen from Ryu's bag into 4 parts and disperse. However, one by one, the henchmen die. The last survivor, Sima Kyuhei, gets a call and is informed that Ryu is alive. He is told that if he does not return the money, he will be killed, and he goes to the meeting place...
Japanese study overview
Kyohaku no Kage is a Japanese movie of 5,198 characters, with 727 unique words and 302 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.1 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 727 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.
- 劉Shima×31
- 殺すto kill×19
- 俺I×16
- 私I×13
- 島island×11
- 言うto say×11
- 入るto enter×8
- 生きるto live×8
- お金money×8
- 思うto think×8
- 知るto know×7
- 聞くto hear×7
- 久平Kyūhei×6
- 仙田Senta×6
- 工藤Kudau×4
- 幸Kō×3
- 中村Okamura×7
- 飲むto drink×6
- 俺たちwe×5
- 一緒にtogether (with)×5