Yoneda Katsumi (Nishida Toshiyuki) is a police sergeant who exudes little presence.One day, Yoneda happens to come across an article on a cafe called Kohaku in a booklet at his regular cafe. Then he abruptly takes leave and heads to Kohaku which is located in Uozu, Toyama Prefecture by bullet train. For some reason, he has documents on an unsolved arson cum murder case which took place in Kichijoji 25 years ago.The owner of Kohaku is Arai Toshio (Terao Akira) who has seemingly sad eyes. They spend time together with his only regular customer, Hirai Sachiko (Suzuki Kyoka), a married woman who works at the port’s fisheries cooperative. Their interactions gradually start to deepen even as they sense the darkness in each other. What is the fate that awaits them?
Japanese study overview
Kohaku is a Japanese movie of 12,800 characters, with 1,146 unique words and 532 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.7 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,146 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
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Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 私I×73
- 米(husked grains of) rice×32
- 荒井Arai×26
- 言うto say×26
- 妻wife×25
- 人person×25
- 思うto think×24
- 米田Kometa×17
- 幸子Kazuko×16
- 家house×16
- 聞くto hear×15
- 顔face×12
- 琥珀amber×11
- 武雄Isao×8
- 川俣Kawamata×6
- 平井Hirai×5
- 漁協fishery cooperative×5
- 有給休暇paid vacation×4
- 敦美Atsumi×4
- 定年退職(compulsory) retirement (on reaching retirement age)×3