A series of murders of beautiful girls occur in Tokyo not long after the end of the war. Also the daughter of a retired actress, Yuzuki Yoko, has gone missing. In the meantime, a religious cult that claims to shut away misfortunes in a box has been gaining popularity, displaying an eerie aspect. Yoko's daughter is alleged to have been run over by a train, and taken into a research institute situated in a gigantic box-shaped building. A private detective Enokizu (Abe Hiroshi), a writer Sekiguchi (Shiina Kippei), a journalist Atsuko and a police detective Kiba each pursues their own case, and Chuzenji (Tsutsumi Shinichi), an owner of a secondhand bookshop, "Kyogoku Do" suspects that all cases are linked to the box-shaped research institute.
Japanese study overview
Mouryou no Hako is a Japanese movie of 23,072 characters, with 2,454 unique words and 1,058 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 2,454 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.
- 僕I×63
- 加菜子Kanako×58
- 魍魎all kinds of spirits and goblins×53
- 久保Kube×50
- 君you×48
- 君Mr×38
- 私I×37
- 木場lumberyard×37
- 匣box×28
- 御honorific/polite/humble prefix×27
- 筥box×27
- 美馬Utsuma×27
- 京極Kyōkyoku×24
- 絹子Kinuko×19
- 柴田Shida×19
- 陽子Akiko×18
- 号外newspaper extra×15
- 青木Japanese laurel (Aucuba japonica)×10
- 凧kite×9
- 教主founder of a religious sect×8