Doukutsu Oji-san
Drama
洞窟おじさん
2015/10/01
Character count24,534
Word count11,230
Unique words1,854
Words (1-occurrence)990
Unique kanji819
Kanji (1-occurrence)240
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episodes4

In a farming village in 1959 (Showa 34), Kayama Kazuma (Tomita Kaito) grew up in a poor family. He left home at 13 because he could not tolerate ill-treatment from his parents and lived hidden in a cave deep in the mountains. He became proficient at survival skills such as making bows and arrows, and catching rabbits and wild boars on his own. His beloved dog supported him through this lonely life. Several years later, a kind farming couple Sunagawa Yoshio (Inoue Jun) and Masayo (Kiuchi Midori) discover a man clad in animal fur living in a cave. He is the grown-up Kazuma (Nakamura Aoi). Kazuma starts to make contact with the world despite his confusion … --JDramas Weblog

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Episode 1
Character count5,158
Word count2,349
Unique words718
Words (1-occurrence)435
Unique kanji369
Kanji (1-occurrence)187
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 2
Character count5,877
Word count2,730
Unique words794
Words (1-occurrence)464
Unique kanji410
Kanji (1-occurrence)184
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 3
Character count6,669
Word count3,105
Unique words858
Words (1-occurrence)497
Unique kanji457
Kanji (1-occurrence)207
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 4
Character count6,830
Word count3,046
Unique words834
Words (1-occurrence)472
Unique kanji451
Kanji (1-occurrence)193
Difficulty beta Easy