Kengo was gifted in Kendo (Japanese martial art) but he quits after a tragic incident. He works as a security guard and spends his days drinking. One day, he encounters a high school student Toru, who has a natural ability in Kendo. Toru revives the spirit of the sport in Kengo and he resumes practice again.
Japanese study overview
Mukoku is a Japanese movie of 7,687 characters, with 1,049 unique words and 583 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.8 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,049 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
This title is too short to reliably find similar media.
Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 研吾Kengo×97
- 融Akira×66
- 光light×44
- 邑Kuni×40
- お前you×32
- 音sound×26
- 面face×24
- 殺すto kill×23
- 迫Kuwasako×21
- 将造Shouzou×19
- 小僧youngster×19
- 剣道kendo×18
- 矢田部Yatabe×17
- 石崎Ishisaki×14
- 堀内Horiuchi×11
- 三津子Michiko×9
- 拭きcleaner×3
- 小手forearm×3
- 誠を尽くすto do with sincerity×3
- 五悪the five sins (murder, theft, adultery, falsehood, and alcohol)×3