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)	4461
Unique words	1057
Unique words (used once)	586
Unique words (used once %)	55%
Unique kanji	494
Unique kanji (used once)	204
Difficulty	1/10

Length (in words)	4151
Unique words	927
Unique words (used once)	469
Unique words (used once %)	50%
Unique kanji	406
Unique kanji (used once)	148
Difficulty	2/10

Length (in words)	4228
Unique words	979
Unique words (used once)	530
Unique words (used once %)	54%
Unique kanji	466
Unique kanji (used once)	194
Difficulty	2/10

Length (in words)	5986
Unique words	1395
Unique words (used once)	757
Unique words (used once %)	54%
Unique kanji	626
Unique kanji (used once)	238
Difficulty	2/10

Length (in words)	9122
Unique words	1499
Unique words (used once)	816
Unique words (used once %)	54%
Unique kanji	618
Unique kanji (used once)	239
Difficulty	2/10

Length (in words)	13414
Unique words	1934
Unique words (used once)	913
Unique words (used once %)	47%
Unique kanji	818
Unique kanji (used once)	233
Difficulty	2/10

Length (in words)	4018
Unique words	1033
Unique words (used once)	586
Unique words (used once %)	56%
Unique kanji	518
Unique kanji (used once)	223
Difficulty	2/10

Length (in words)	7140
Unique words	1301
Unique words (used once)	610
Unique words (used once %)	46%
Unique kanji	529
Unique kanji (used once)	158
Difficulty	2/10

Length (in words)	5007
Unique words	1176
Unique words (used once)	661
Unique words (used once %)	56%
Unique kanji	541
Unique kanji (used once)	250
Difficulty	2/10

Length (in words)	4077
Unique words	1029
Unique words (used once)	537
Unique words (used once %)	52%
Unique kanji	506
Unique kanji (used once)	197
Difficulty	2/10

Length (in words)	26929
Unique words	3365
Unique words (used once)	1670
Unique words (used once %)	49%
Unique kanji	1107
Unique kanji (used once)	289
Difficulty	2/10

Length (in words)	37778
Unique words	3357
Unique words (used once)	1434
Unique words (used once %)	42%
Unique kanji	975
Unique kanji (used once)	202
Difficulty	2/10

Length (in words)	5272
Unique words	1123
Unique words (used once)	583
Unique words (used once %)	51%
Unique kanji	482
Unique kanji (used once)	180
Difficulty	2/10

Length (in words)	4190
Unique words	991
Unique words (used once)	540
Unique words (used once %)	54%
Unique kanji	487
Unique kanji (used once)	193
Difficulty	2/10

Length (in words)	11040
Unique words	1789
Unique words (used once)	878
Unique words (used once %)	49%
Unique kanji	734
Unique kanji (used once)	223
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	27726
Unique words	2867
Unique words (used once)	1274
Unique words (used once %)	44%
Unique kanji	961
Unique kanji (used once)	228
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	13018
Unique words	1959
Unique words (used once)	1022
Unique words (used once %)	52%
Unique kanji	823
Unique kanji (used once)	259
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	19594
Unique words	2367
Unique words (used once)	1132
Unique words (used once %)	47%
Unique kanji	897
Unique kanji (used once)	254
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	8450
Unique words	1771
Unique words (used once)	916
Unique words (used once %)	51%
Unique kanji	756
Unique kanji (used once)	256
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	25721
Unique words	2773
Unique words (used once)	1225
Unique words (used once %)	44%
Unique kanji	955
Unique kanji (used once)	231
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	48090
Unique words	3659
Unique words (used once)	1628
Unique words (used once %)	44%
Unique kanji	1123
Unique kanji (used once)	271
Difficulty	3/10

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Live action difficulty list

37 Seconds

Basuke mo Koi mo, Shiteitai

MOTHER

Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san

Hot Gimmick: Girl Meets Boy

Haburashi / Onna Tomodachi

HOMUNCULUS

OL Desu ga, Kyabajou Hajimemashita

River's Edge

Any Crybabies Around?

Totsuzen Desu ga, Ashita Kekkon Shimasu

Marumo no Okite

Mousou Kanojo

Uso Nante Hitotsu mo nai no

Budokan

Namae o Nakushita Megami

Furenaba Ochin

Nemureru Mori no Jukujo

Maji de Koukaishitemasu

Koinaka

Kahogo no Kahoko

TUNA GIRL

DTC Yukemuri Junjo-hen from HiGH&LOW

Utsubokazura no Yume

Konya wa Kokoro Dake Daite

Miyamoto kara Kimi e

My Little Lover

Dear Sister

Teddy Go!

Mamagoto

Kurumi no Heya

Kare, Otto, Otoko Tomodachi

Umareru.

Starman ~ Kono Hoshi no Koi

Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo

Sayonara Watashi

Fukigen na Kajitsu

Otto no Kanojo

Boku no Tsuma to Kekkon Shite Kudasai

Soredemo, Ikite Yuku

Suki na Hito ga Iru Koto

Itsuka Hi no Ataru Basho de

Share House no Koibito

Kaseifu no Mita

Magerarenai Onna

Little Miss Sumo

Mayonaka no Panya-san

Saikou no Rikon

Blanket Cats

Vampire Heaven

Length (in words)	6719
Unique words	1712
Unique words (used once)	988
Unique words (used once %)	57%
Unique kanji	768
Unique kanji (used once)	269
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	7021
Unique words	1462
Unique words (used once)	777
Unique words (used once %)	53%
Unique kanji	602
Unique kanji (used once)	207
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	22786
Unique words	2588
Unique words (used once)	1199
Unique words (used once %)	46%
Unique kanji	917
Unique kanji (used once)	207
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	15173
Unique words	2320
Unique words (used once)	1178
Unique words (used once %)	50%
Unique kanji	901
Unique kanji (used once)	259
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	5544
Unique words	1348
Unique words (used once)	779
Unique words (used once %)	57%
Unique kanji	584
Unique kanji (used once)	225
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	21481
Unique words	2560
Unique words (used once)	1177
Unique words (used once %)	45%
Unique kanji	888
Unique kanji (used once)	247
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	34935
Unique words	3673
Unique words (used once)	1748
Unique words (used once %)	47%
Unique kanji	1126
Unique kanji (used once)	276
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	5409
Unique words	1233
Unique words (used once)	669
Unique words (used once %)	54%
Unique kanji	548
Unique kanji (used once)	184
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	13750
Unique words	1880
Unique words (used once)	931
Unique words (used once %)	49%
Unique kanji	733
Unique kanji (used once)	231
Difficulty	3/10

Length (in words)	15446
Unique words	2234
Unique words (used once)	1107
Unique words (used once %)	49%
Unique kanji	852
Unique kanji (used once)	238
Difficulty	3/10