Live action difficulty list

This is a list of Japanese movies and dramas ranked by their difficulty, on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is very easy and 10 is very hard. You can use it to find the most appropriate shows to watch based on how good your Japanese is.

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37 Seconds

Length (in words)	4457
Unique words	1054
Unique words (used once)	586
Unique words (used once %)	55%
Unique kanji	494
Unique kanji (used once)	204
Difficulty	1/10

Length (in words)	4138
Unique words	928
Unique words (used once)	471
Unique words (used once %)	50%
Unique kanji	406
Unique kanji (used once)	148
Difficulty	2/10

Length (in words)	9126
Unique words	1505
Unique words (used once)	815
Unique words (used once %)	54%
Unique kanji	618
Unique kanji (used once)	239
Difficulty	2/10

Length (in words)	4222
Unique words	971
Unique words (used once)	527
Unique words (used once %)	54%
Unique kanji	466
Unique kanji (used once)	194
Difficulty	2/10

Length (in words)	4046
Unique words	1021
Unique words (used once)	532
Unique words (used once %)	52%
Unique kanji	506
Unique kanji (used once)	197
Difficulty	2/10

Length (in words)	5970
Unique words	1389
Unique words (used once)	755
Unique words (used once %)	54%
Unique kanji	626
Unique kanji (used once)	238
Difficulty	2/10

Length (in words)	4975
Unique words	1174
Unique words (used once)	658
Unique words (used once %)	56%
Unique kanji	541
Unique kanji (used once)	250
Difficulty	2/10

Length (in words)	4009
Unique words	1035
Unique words (used once)	587
Unique words (used once %)	56%
Unique kanji	518
Unique kanji (used once)	223
Difficulty	2/10

Length (in words)	13441
Unique words	1929
Unique words (used once)	912
Unique words (used once %)	47%
Unique kanji	818
Unique kanji (used once)	232
Difficulty	2/10

Length (in words)	7144
Unique words	1304
Unique words (used once)	610
Unique words (used once %)	46%
Unique kanji	529
Unique kanji (used once)	158
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	11003
Unique words	1789
Unique words (used once)	875
Unique words (used once %)	48%
Unique kanji	734
Unique kanji (used once)	223
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	21412
Unique words	2547
Unique words (used once)	1171
Unique words (used once %)	45%
Unique kanji	889
Unique kanji (used once)	248
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	26814
Unique words	3357
Unique words (used once)	1667
Unique words (used once %)	49%
Unique kanji	1107
Unique kanji (used once)	288
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	4178
Unique words	990
Unique words (used once)	538
Unique words (used once %)	54%
Unique kanji	487
Unique kanji (used once)	193
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	27663
Unique words	2863
Unique words (used once)	1274
Unique words (used once %)	44%
Unique kanji	961
Unique kanji (used once)	228
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	25623
Unique words	2758
Unique words (used once)	1219
Unique words (used once %)	44%
Unique kanji	955
Unique kanji (used once)	231
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	37712
Unique words	3342
Unique words (used once)	1422
Unique words (used once %)	42%
Unique kanji	975
Unique kanji (used once)	202
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	12951
Unique words	1948
Unique words (used once)	1018
Unique words (used once %)	52%
Unique kanji	823
Unique kanji (used once)	259
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	47932
Unique words	3642
Unique words (used once)	1612
Unique words (used once %)	44%
Unique kanji	1124
Unique kanji (used once)	272
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	6693
Unique words	1708
Unique words (used once)	985
Unique words (used once %)	57%
Unique kanji	768
Unique kanji (used once)	269
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	5288
Unique words	1123
Unique words (used once)	581
Unique words (used once %)	51%
Unique kanji	482
Unique kanji (used once)	180
Difficulty	3/10

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Live action difficulty list

37 Seconds

Basuke mo Koi mo, Shiteitai

Hot Gimmick: Girl Meets Boy

MOTHER

Any Crybabies Around?

Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san

River's Edge

HOMUNCULUS

Haburashi / Onna Tomodachi

OL Desu ga, Kyabajou Hajimemashita

Budokan

My Little Lover

Totsuzen Desu ga, Ashita Kekkon Shimasu

Uso Nante Hitotsu mo nai no

Namae o Nakushita Megami

Koinaka

Marumo no Okite

Furenaba Ochin

Kahogo no Kahoko

TUNA GIRL

Mousou Kanojo

Sayonara Watashi

Dear Sister

Utsubokazura no Yume

Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo

Itsuka Hi no Ataru Basho de

Suki na Hito ga Iru Koto

Miyamoto kara Kimi e

Teddy Go!

Nemureru Mori no Jukujo

Starman ~ Kono Hoshi no Koi

DTC Yukemuri Junjo-hen from HiGH&LOW

Kaseifu no Mita

Konya wa Kokoro Dake Daite

Share House no Koibito

Switched

Kurumi no Heya

Fukigen na Kajitsu

Koe Koi

Maji de Koukaishitemasu

Otto no Kanojo

Mamagoto

Kare, Otto, Otoko Tomodachi

Umareru.

Boku no Ita Jikan

Hana no Zubora Meshi

Blanket Cats

Little Miss Sumo

Utsukushii Rinjin

Boku no Tsuma to Kekkon Shite Kudasai

Length (in words)	19838
Unique words	2155
Unique words (used once)	994
Unique words (used once %)	46%
Unique kanji	873
Unique kanji (used once)	252
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	34789
Unique words	3678
Unique words (used once)	1748
Unique words (used once %)	47%
Unique kanji	1126
Unique kanji (used once)	276
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	22730
Unique words	2575
Unique words (used once)	1190
Unique words (used once %)	46%
Unique kanji	917
Unique kanji (used once)	207
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	14547
Unique words	2285
Unique words (used once)	1099
Unique words (used once %)	48%
Unique kanji	881
Unique kanji (used once)	238
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	26230
Unique words	2873
Unique words (used once)	1368
Unique words (used once %)	47%
Unique kanji	1004
Unique kanji (used once)	242
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	22830
Unique words	2719
Unique words (used once)	1298
Unique words (used once %)	47%
Unique kanji	947
Unique kanji (used once)	250
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	5526
Unique words	1344
Unique words (used once)	773
Unique words (used once %)	57%
Unique kanji	584
Unique kanji (used once)	225
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	5390
Unique words	1230
Unique words (used once)	664
Unique words (used once %)	53%
Unique kanji	548
Unique kanji (used once)	184
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	19532
Unique words	2359
Unique words (used once)	1125
Unique words (used once %)	47%
Unique kanji	898
Unique kanji (used once)	254
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	25106
Unique words	2571
Unique words (used once)	1166
Unique words (used once %)	45%
Unique kanji	851
Unique kanji (used once)	232
Difficulty	3/10