Gokenin Zankurou
Drama
御家人斬九郎
1995/01/09
Speech duration
24h 13min
Word count151,058
Unique words12,225
Words (1-occurrence)5,271
Unique kanji1,789
Kanji (1-occurrence)239
Speech speed
269
Difficulty Hard
Episodes51
External Rating
80 %

Zankuro Matsudaira (Ken Watanabe) is a low-grade vassal of the Tokugawa Shogun, forced to moonlight as a bodyguard and executioner to make ends meet. He also has a drinking problem, an overeating mother, and a propensity to protect the oppressed, all of which eat into his finances. His confident mother Masajo (Kyoko Kishida) is the descendant of a famous family of shogunate retainers and a mistress of the pen and sword, who regards her son as a failure.

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Genres
Drama
Tags
Samurai
Subdecks
viewing decks 1-25 from 51 total
Episode 1
Speech duration
40min
Word count4,109
Unique words1,271
Words (1-occurrence)789
Unique kanji566
Kanji (1-occurrence)245
Speech speed
263
Difficulty Hard
Episode 2
Speech duration
25min
Word count2,530
Unique words888
Words (1-occurrence)572
Unique kanji456
Kanji (1-occurrence)206
Speech speed
254
Difficulty Expert
Episode 3
Speech duration
28min
Word count2,843
Unique words956
Words (1-occurrence)598
Unique kanji489
Kanji (1-occurrence)223
Speech speed
258
Difficulty Hard
Episode 4
Speech duration
31min
Word count3,830
Unique words1,274
Words (1-occurrence)814
Unique kanji582
Kanji (1-occurrence)241
Speech speed
291
Difficulty Hard
Episode 5
Speech duration
27min
Word count3,129
Unique words981
Words (1-occurrence)597
Unique kanji451
Kanji (1-occurrence)178
Speech speed
289
Difficulty Hard
Episode 6
Speech duration
25min
Word count2,368
Unique words932
Words (1-occurrence)617
Unique kanji463
Kanji (1-occurrence)227
Speech speed
249
Difficulty Hard
Episode 7
Speech duration
28min
Word count3,301
Unique words1,183
Words (1-occurrence)784
Unique kanji536
Kanji (1-occurrence)226
Speech speed
296
Difficulty Hard
Episode 8
Speech duration
29min
Word count3,279
Unique words1,084
Words (1-occurrence)670
Unique kanji517
Kanji (1-occurrence)217
Speech speed
274
Difficulty Hard
Episode 9
Speech duration
39min
Word count4,087
Unique words1,221
Words (1-occurrence)780
Unique kanji534
Kanji (1-occurrence)215
Speech speed
271
Difficulty Hard
Episode 10
Speech duration
27min
Word count2,938
Unique words891
Words (1-occurrence)530
Unique kanji432
Kanji (1-occurrence)193
Speech speed
269
Difficulty Hard
Episode 11
Speech duration
28min
Word count2,994
Unique words990
Words (1-occurrence)633
Unique kanji470
Kanji (1-occurrence)227
Speech speed
281
Difficulty Hard
Episode 12
Speech duration
8min
Word count960
Unique words490
Words (1-occurrence)352
Unique kanji273
Kanji (1-occurrence)148
Speech speed
312
Difficulty Hard
Episode 13
Speech duration
28min
Word count3,009
Unique words1,098
Words (1-occurrence)754
Unique kanji517
Kanji (1-occurrence)259
Speech speed
277
Difficulty Expert
Episode 14
Speech duration
21min
Word count1,999
Unique words822
Words (1-occurrence)549
Unique kanji423
Kanji (1-occurrence)206
Speech speed
243
Difficulty Hard
Episode 15
Speech duration
29min
Word count2,976
Unique words1,013
Words (1-occurrence)655
Unique kanji484
Kanji (1-occurrence)230
Speech speed
265
Difficulty Hard
Episode 16
Speech duration
30min
Word count3,061
Unique words941
Words (1-occurrence)598
Unique kanji446
Kanji (1-occurrence)207
Speech speed
257
Difficulty Hard
Episode 17
Speech duration
26min
Word count3,003
Unique words1,084
Words (1-occurrence)697
Unique kanji507
Kanji (1-occurrence)227
Speech speed
300
Difficulty Hard
Episode 18
Speech duration
28min
Word count3,169
Unique words1,157
Words (1-occurrence)774
Unique kanji564
Kanji (1-occurrence)250
Speech speed
291
Difficulty Hard
Episode 19
Speech duration
26min
Word count2,646
Unique words978
Words (1-occurrence)614
Unique kanji492
Kanji (1-occurrence)230
Speech speed
253
Difficulty Hard
Episode 20
Speech duration
31min
Word count3,273
Unique words1,039
Words (1-occurrence)649
Unique kanji496
Kanji (1-occurrence)218
Speech speed
274
Difficulty Hard
Episode 21
Speech duration
32min
Word count3,995
Unique words1,179
Words (1-occurrence)702
Unique kanji528
Kanji (1-occurrence)206
Speech speed
312
Difficulty Hard
Episode 22
Speech duration
30min
Word count3,660
Unique words1,175
Words (1-occurrence)773
Unique kanji547
Kanji (1-occurrence)240
Speech speed
299
Difficulty Hard
Episode 23
Speech duration
26min
Word count2,644
Unique words886
Words (1-occurrence)553
Unique kanji437
Kanji (1-occurrence)191
Speech speed
261
Difficulty Hard
Episode 24
Speech duration
28min
Word count3,127
Unique words1,059
Words (1-occurrence)680
Unique kanji468
Kanji (1-occurrence)214
Speech speed
298
Difficulty Hard
Episode 25
Speech duration
31min
Word count3,068
Unique words1,074
Words (1-occurrence)702
Unique kanji494
Kanji (1-occurrence)213
Speech speed
261
Difficulty Hard