It is the first Toei yakuza film directed by Akinori Matsuo, who was active in Nikkatsu action movies. It is a local yakuza movie made following Okinawa Yakuza War (1976) and Hokuriku Proxy War (1977). The film depicts the war between a storied yakuza killer (Hiroki Matsukata) and the largest organized crime group in the Kansai region, which plans to advance into the Kanto region.
Japanese study overview
Jingi to Kousou is a Japanese movie of 13,291 characters, with 1,531 unique words and 609 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.7 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,531 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.
- 伝means of making contact×48
- 俺I×45
- 言うto say×34
- 組class (of students)×30
- 杉山Sukiyama×23
- 何what×23
- お前you×22
- 待つto wait×18
- 親分boss×15
- 飯倉Iikura×15
- 銀三Ginzou×15
- 帰るto return×14
- 小笹Osasa×14
- 節子Kotoko×13
- 関川Sekikawa×12
- 山房mountain cottage×9
- 掴みgrip×7
- 義一Giichi×6
- 平田rice field on flat land×5
- 芸者geisha×4