Saigo no Chuushingura
Drama
最後の忠臣蔵
2004/11/05
Speech duration
2h 45min
Word count15,519
Unique words3,548
Words (1-occurrence)2,082
Unique kanji1,206
Kanji (1-occurrence)349
Speech speed
255
Difficulty Expert
Episodes6

Chushingura is a famous story in Japan on 47 samurai in the Edo period who avenge their lord against Lord Kira, who was the cause of the master's death. This drama based on Ikemiya Shoichiro's book focuses on Terasaka Kichiemon, the only survivor of the 47 samurai. After raiding Kira's residence and taking avenge, Terasaka receives an order from Oishi Kuranosuke, the leader of the group to escape from the site. The rest of the samurai is ordered to commit seppuku by the Shogunate and kill themselves. Living in disguise and receiving contempt from others, Terasaka struggles to follow Oishi's order. He works to pass down the true intention of avenge to the next generation and at the same time looks after the families of the 46 members.

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Genres
Drama
Subdecks
Episode 1
Speech duration
21min
Word count1,897
Unique words802
Words (1-occurrence)564
Unique kanji501
Kanji (1-occurrence)235
Speech speed
246
Difficulty Expert
Episode 2
Speech duration
28min
Word count2,774
Unique words1,090
Words (1-occurrence)762
Unique kanji623
Kanji (1-occurrence)296
Speech speed
271
Difficulty Expert
Episode 3
Speech duration
30min
Word count2,968
Unique words1,109
Words (1-occurrence)756
Unique kanji581
Kanji (1-occurrence)252
Speech speed
264
Difficulty Expert
Episode 4
Speech duration
28min
Word count2,578
Unique words1,043
Words (1-occurrence)745
Unique kanji598
Kanji (1-occurrence)273
Speech speed
248
Difficulty Expert
Episode 5
Speech duration
31min
Word count2,942
Unique words1,126
Words (1-occurrence)796
Unique kanji631
Kanji (1-occurrence)288
Speech speed
252
Difficulty Expert
Episode 6
Speech duration
25min
Word count2,360
Unique words908
Words (1-occurrence)622
Unique kanji499
Kanji (1-occurrence)225
Speech speed
248
Difficulty Expert