In 1936, Onodera Toshiko, who moved to Tokyo from Iwate, auditioned for the Moulin Rouge theater in Shinjuku to become a star. On the spot, she catches the attention of the manager and producer Sasaki Senri and the theater's leading actress Takanawa Yoshiko, and then she begins working as a theater's member. Based on the true story of Ashita Matsuko (明日待子), a popular Japanese idol in war period.
Japanese study overview
Idol is a Japanese movie of 19,646 characters, with 1,240 unique words and 572 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.6 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,240 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×98
- 芳子Kaoriko×36
- お前you×36
- 待子Machiko×31
- 明日tomorrow×28
- 戦争war×26
- 今日today×23
- 頑張るto persevere×19
- 帰るto return×19
- 今now×19
- 方direction×18
- 言うto say×18
- 慰問visit to console someone×17
- 武運長久everlasting fortune in battle×15
- 正太郎Shoutarō×13
- とし子Toshiko×10
- 検閲官inspector×10
- 寺沢Terasawa×8
- 小野寺Onotera×6
- 水兵(naval) sailor×6