One of Japan’s most popular historical characters, former Vice-Shogun Tokugawa Mitsukuni, whose travels around the nation are legendary has made it to the silver screen in a dynamic and exciting tale featuring megastar Toshiro Mifune as an expert swordsman drawn into the action to fight injustice. The Elder Lord travels about disguised as a retired merchant with his two trusty bodyguards Sukesaburo and Kakunoshin by his side and secret agent Yashichi close by. After a chance meeting with a dying man and young woman who had been brutally attacked, they set out for Kaga Province to wreak vengeance on the responsible parties. Don’t miss this exciting journey into Japanese history!
Japanese study overview
Mito Koumon is a Japanese movie of 14,104 characters, with 1,588 unique words and 676 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is expert, 4.1 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,588 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.
- 様Mr×78
- 隠居retirement (from work)×35
- 殿Mr.×30
- 老公elderly nobleman×26
- 由美Imi×22
- 申すto say×21
- 殿feudal lord×20
- 水戸Mito (city in Ibaraki)×17
- 言うto say×17
- 村井Murai×17
- 隼人Hayato×17
- 助さんSukesan×16
- 黄門Kōmon×16
- 格さんKakusan×15
- 加賀Kaga (former province located in the south of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture)×15
- 源八郎Genpachirou×14
- 新之助Shinnosuke×11
- 石koku×9
- 石川Ishikawa (prefecture)×9
- 城代chamberlain×6