Taro no Tou

Drama·TAROの塔·Taro no Tō
Taro no Tou
2011/02/26
Speech time
1h 59min
Word count11,817
Unique words
2,360
Unique kanji
982
Avg. sentence14.8
Speech speed
267
Difficulty Hard
Episodes4

A life story of Taro Okamoto, one of the most prominent Japanese avant-garde artists of the 20th Century. Celebrating the 100th anniversary of his birth in 2011, the drama depicts his struggle for the completion of his emblematic work "The Tower of Taro," known as the symbol of the Osaka Expo in 1970, and his eccentric relationships with his family.

Genres
Drama
SourcesTMDB

Japanese study overview

Taro no Tou is a Japanese drama of 26,664 characters, with 2,360 unique words and 982 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.7 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 2,360 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.

Episode 1

Speech time
31min
Word count2,711
Unique words
914
Unique kanji
534
Avg. sentence13.7
Speech speed
233
Difficulty Hard

Episode 2

Speech time
24min
Word count2,362
Unique words
728
Unique kanji
420
Avg. sentence14.7
Speech speed
252
Difficulty Hard

Episode 3

Speech time
32min
Word count3,524
Unique words
1,026
Unique kanji
565
Avg. sentence15.2
Speech speed
288
Difficulty Hard

Episode 4

Speech time
30min
Word count3,220
Unique words
1,005
Unique kanji
547
Avg. sentence15.6
Speech speed
293
Difficulty Hard

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