In this film, Hibari plays a dual role as brother and sister. The story involves a journey to Hanagasa for an incognito Lord (Kotaro Satomi) to overthrow an attempted usurpation of his domain, while being harassed by vassals of the usurper (Kensaku Hara). There's also a mysterious ronin played by Jushiro Konoe. The songs are seamlessly woven into the narrative and don't overwhelm the action. While the plot is derivative it is good example of its type and quite enjoyable. Note that there are some flashback sequences in black and white.
Japanese study overview
Hanagasa Douchuu is a Japanese movie of 15,571 characters, with 1,884 unique words and 776 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.4 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,884 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.
- 俺I×38
- お前you×33
- 待つto wait×29
- 姉さんolder sister×28
- 字character (esp. kanji)×27
- 寛太Kanta×24
- 男man×21
- 若さまyoung master×20
- 寛lenient×19
- 思うto think×19
- 言うto say×18
- 浜松Hamamatsu (city)×18
- 左京Sakyō×11
- 新太Arata×10
- 松千代Matsuchiyo×10
- 伝兵衛Denbei×9
- 石koku×9
- 家老chief retainer×9
- 城代chamberlain×9
- 千代thousand years×8