Based on a short story by Seichi Matsumoto from 1956 and remake from the 1957 movie of the same name, the story is about an actor who has the opportunity to become a success but 9 years earlier, he had killed a woman with whom he was involved and there was an eyewitness to the murder.
Japanese study overview
Matsumoto Seichou Drama Special: Kao is a Japanese movie of 7,815 characters, with 1,093 unique words and 566 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,093 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.
- 事thing×31
- 井野Ino×26
- ミヤ子Miyako×23
- 男man×22
- 私I×19
- 石岡Ishioka×17
- 君Mr×13
- 言うto say×13
- 京都Kyoto (city, prefecture)×13
- 映画movie×12
- 顔face×12
- 俺I×12
- 八幡Hachiman (god of war)×8
- 葉山Uiruson×7
- 石井Ishii×7
- 貞三郎Teisaburō×7
- 良吉Yoshikichi×4
- 貴台honorific used in company correspondence×4
- 次回作next work (film, book, etc.)×3
- 担ぎ屋superstitious person×3