Assassination begins with the events of 1853 when "four black ships" anchored at Edo Bay, sparking civil unrest and the major political manoeuvring that saw the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate. At a time when assassination had become a disturbing political tool, Shinoda's film follows Hachiro Kiyokawa, an ambitious, masterless samurai whose allegiances drift dangerously between the Shogunate and the Emperor.
Japanese study overview
Ansatsu is a Japanese movie of 15,295 characters, with 2,010 unique words and 901 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.9 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 2,010 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.
- 先生teacher×70
- 清河Kiyokawa×69
- 私I×65
- 斬るto kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.)×45
- 浪士ronin×36
- 幕府shogunate×32
- 下below×32
- 言うto say×28
- 清河八郎Kiyokawa Hachirou (1830.11.24-1863.5.30)×27
- 聞くto hear×25
- 申すto say×24
- 者person×23
- 蓮Hasu×21
- 勅定imperial order×13
- 勤王loyalty to the Emperor (especially during the late Edo period movement to overthrow the shogunate)×11
- 八郎Hachirou×8
- 薩摩Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture)×8
- 進吾Shingo×7
- 石坂Ishisaka×7
- 上意will (esp. of shogun)×6