Based on a short story written by Shuhei Fujisawa (who also wrote Twilight Samurai, The Hidden Blade, Love and Honor), the film depicts the uneasy life of Noe Isomura (Rena Tanaka) with the difficult family she has married into after her former husband passed away. One day as she tries to brake off a branch of a cherry tree, she is aided by a samurai who she does not recognize but who recognizes her. He turns out to be a former suitor that she never met named Yaichiro Tezuka (Noriyuki Higashiyama) and who teaches swordsmanship to the local samurai. Meanwhile, the powerful new chief retainer of the village enacts land policies that threaten the survival of the local farmers.
Japanese study overview
Yamazakura is a Japanese movie of 7,302 characters, with 992 unique words and 511 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is expert, 4.2 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 992 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.
- 様Mr×54
- 手塚Tazuka×33
- 諏訪Susa×17
- 家house×14
- 今now×13
- 方direction×12
- 野江Noe×11
- 田rice field×10
- 磯村Isomura×9
- お母様mother×8
- 父上father×8
- 百姓farmer×8
- 弥一郎Yaichirō×6
- 浦井Urai×5
- 新之助Shinnosuke×5
- 石koku×5
- 執政administration×4
- 新田new rice field×4
- 年貢annual tribute×4
- 勢津Seitsu×3