Saigo no Chuushingura
Drama
最後の忠臣蔵 2004/11/05
Character count34,697
Word count14,633
Unique words3,189
Unique words used once1,894
Unique kanji1,168
Unique kanji used once354
Difficulty beta Moderate
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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Episode 1
Character count4,258
Word count1,847
Unique words768
Unique words used once540
Unique kanji501
Unique kanji used once235
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 2
Character count6,208
Word count2,610
Unique words1,035
Unique words used once710
Unique kanji623
Unique kanji used once296
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 3
Character count6,671
Word count2,744
Unique words1,028
Unique words used once686
Unique kanji581
Unique kanji used once252
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 4
Character count5,817
Word count2,364
Unique words990
Unique words used once701
Unique kanji598
Unique kanji used once273
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 5
Character count6,470
Word count2,804
Unique words1,076
Unique words used once763
Unique kanji631
Unique kanji used once288
Difficulty beta Moderate
Episode 6
Character count5,273
Word count2,264
Unique words881
Unique words used once588
Unique kanji499
Unique kanji used once225
Difficulty beta Moderate