Taiyou no Ko

Movie·太陽の子·Gift of Fire
Taiyou no Ko
2021/08/06
Speech time
36min
Word count4,453
Unique words
1,222
Unique kanji
618
Speech speed
339
Difficulty Easy
Rating
82 %

Towards the end of WWII, the Navy gave the Kyoto University's physics lab the secret of a bomb that makes use of nuclear fission energy. While doing research to save Japan, the researchers there wonder if they should promote the development of weapons as scientists. Research enthusiast Ishimura Osamu tries to experiment purely but is at the mercy of the time period. His brother, Hiroyuki, also has to face the truth of the war. Asakura Setsu wants only to talk about the future. A story based on historical facts about youth during the tragedy of war.

Genres
Drama
SourcesTMDB

Japanese study overview

Taiyou no Ko is a Japanese movie of 10,336 characters, with 1,222 unique words and 618 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is easy, 1.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,222 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.

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