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This is a list of Japanese movies and dramas ranked by their difficulty, on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 is very easy and 100 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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Cover of Saka no Ue no Kumo
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Saka no Ue no Kumo
Length (in words)58169
Unique words7904
Unique words (used once)3884
Unique words (used once %)49%
Unique kanji1902
Unique kanji (used once)352
Unique kanji readings3237
Average difficulty73/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)91/100
MDL avg. rating7.9
MDL rating count41
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Cover of Daifugou Doushin S2
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Daifugou Doushin S2
Length (in words)23489
Unique words3520
Unique words (used once)1738
Unique words (used once %)49%
Unique kanji1109
Unique kanji (used once)253
Unique kanji readings1692
Average difficulty73/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)88/100
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Cover of Kabuki-Mono Keiji
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Kabuki-Mono Keiji
Length (in words)29794
Unique words3353
Unique words (used once)1546
Unique words (used once %)46%
Unique kanji1082
Unique kanji (used once)282
Unique kanji readings1663
Average difficulty74/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)92/100
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Cover of Kaen Kita no Eiyuu Aterui Den
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Kaen Kita no Eiyuu Aterui Den
Length (in words)9199
Unique words1794
Unique words (used once)968
Unique words (used once %)53%
Unique kanji795
Unique kanji (used once)253
Unique kanji readings1129
Average difficulty74/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)89/100
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Cover of Ichiro
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Ichiro
Length (in words)19687
Unique words2825
Unique words (used once)1355
Unique words (used once %)47%
Unique kanji940
Unique kanji (used once)220
Unique kanji readings1442
Average difficulty74/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)88/100
MDL avg. rating7.5
MDL rating count23
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Cover of Eien no Nispa
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Eien no Nispa
Length (in words)3525
Unique words1097
Unique words (used once)682
Unique words (used once %)62%
Unique kanji602
Unique kanji (used once)268
Unique kanji readings802
Average difficulty75/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)91/100
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Cover of Hana Moyu
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Hana Moyu
Length (in words)131242
Unique words9454
Unique words (used once)3993
Unique words (used once %)42%
Unique kanji1892
Unique kanji (used once)262
Unique kanji readings3475
Average difficulty75/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)93/100
MDL avg. rating7.6
MDL rating count83
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Cover of Sarutobi Sansei
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Sarutobi Sansei
Length (in words)16040
Unique words2671
Unique words (used once)1430
Unique words (used once %)53%
Unique kanji964
Unique kanji (used once)265
Unique kanji readings1434
Average difficulty75/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)90/100
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Cover of Ryouma Den
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Ryouma Den
Length (in words)128510
Unique words8297
Unique words (used once)3564
Unique words (used once %)42%
Unique kanji1806
Unique kanji (used once)295
Unique kanji readings3235
Average difficulty76/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)89/100
MDL avg. rating8.2
MDL rating count259
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Cover of Shinsengumi Keppuroku
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Shinsengumi Keppuroku
Length (in words)26903
Unique words3959
Unique words (used once)1987
Unique words (used once %)50%
Unique kanji1263
Unique kanji (used once)306
Unique kanji readings2033
Average difficulty76/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)88/100
MDL avg. rating7.0
MDL rating count4
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Cover of Ishikawa Goemon
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Ishikawa Goemon
Length (in words)23114
Unique words3687
Unique words (used once)1877
Unique words (used once %)50%
Unique kanji1244
Unique kanji (used once)324
Unique kanji readings1906
Average difficulty76/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)91/100
MDL avg. rating8.0
MDL rating count1
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Cover of Thunderbolt Fantasy: Touriken Yuuki
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Thunderbolt Fantasy: Touriken Yuuki
Length (in words)30338
Unique words4854
Unique words (used once)2567
Unique words (used once %)52%
Unique kanji1489
Unique kanji (used once)361
Unique kanji readings2410
Average difficulty76/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)90/100
MDL avg. rating8.1
MDL rating count157
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Cover of Iryuu: Team Medical Dragon S4
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Iryuu: Team Medical Dragon S4
Length (in words)36681
Unique words4155
Unique words (used once)1870
Unique words (used once %)45%
Unique kanji1242
Unique kanji (used once)253
Unique kanji readings1863
Average difficulty77/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)90/100
MDL avg. rating8.1
MDL rating count205
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Cover of Tempest
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Tempest
Length (in words)31300
Unique words3947
Unique words (used once)1976
Unique words (used once %)50%
Unique kanji1353
Unique kanji (used once)301
Unique kanji readings2108
Average difficulty77/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)93/100
MDL avg. rating7.3
MDL rating count300
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Cover of Seiten wo Tsuke
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Seiten wo Tsuke
Length (in words)121027
Unique words10848
Unique words (used once)4807
Unique words (used once %)44%
Unique kanji2083
Unique kanji (used once)339
Unique kanji readings3916
Average difficulty78/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)94/100
MDL avg. rating8.1
MDL rating count53
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Cover of Sanada Maru
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Sanada Maru
Length (in words)146201
Unique words9419
Unique words (used once)3724
Unique words (used once %)39%
Unique kanji1908
Unique kanji (used once)276
Unique kanji readings3541
Average difficulty78/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)91/100
MDL avg. rating7.9
MDL rating count102
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Cover of Kaze no Touge: Ginkan no Fu
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Kaze no Touge: Ginkan no Fu
Length (in words)14230
Unique words2606
Unique words (used once)1373
Unique words (used once %)52%
Unique kanji1054
Unique kanji (used once)311
Unique kanji readings1552
Average difficulty78/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)90/100
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Seven Souls in the Skull Castle 2011
Length (in words)17829
Unique words2697
Unique words (used once)1428
Unique words (used once %)52%
Unique kanji923
Unique kanji (used once)243
Unique kanji readings1369
Average difficulty79/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)87/100
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Cover of Kirin ga Kuru
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Kirin ga Kuru
Length (in words)115864
Unique words8426
Unique words (used once)3522
Unique words (used once %)41%
Unique kanji1820
Unique kanji (used once)278
Unique kanji readings3304
Average difficulty79/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)91/100
MDL avg. rating8.0
MDL rating count73
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Cover of Seven Souls in the Skull Castle - Season Wind
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Seven Souls in the Skull Castle - Season Wind
Length (in words)18117
Unique words2782
Unique words (used once)1484
Unique words (used once %)53%
Unique kanji972
Unique kanji (used once)259
Unique kanji readings1402
Average difficulty79/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)87/100
MDL avg. rating7.2
MDL rating count4
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Cover of Gou: Himetachi no Sengoku
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Gou: Himetachi no Sengoku
Length (in words)112816
Unique words7649
Unique words (used once)3192
Unique words (used once %)41%
Unique kanji1696
Unique kanji (used once)275
Unique kanji readings3028
Average difficulty79/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)94/100
MDL avg. rating8.0
MDL rating count242
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Cover of Onna Joushu Naotora
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Onna Joushu Naotora
Length (in words)133129
Unique words8622
Unique words (used once)3594
Unique words (used once %)41%
Unique kanji1760
Unique kanji (used once)262
Unique kanji readings3262
Average difficulty80/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)93/100
MDL avg. rating7.9
MDL rating count130
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Cover of Kenjushou: Mitsukuni Kou to Ore
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Kenjushou: Mitsukuni Kou to Ore
Length (in words)19163
Unique words2875
Unique words (used once)1449
Unique words (used once %)50%
Unique kanji1054
Unique kanji (used once)289
Unique kanji readings1571
Average difficulty80/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)92/100
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Cover of Seven Souls in the Skull Castle - Season Bird
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Seven Souls in the Skull Castle - Season Bird
Length (in words)16887
Unique words2672
Unique words (used once)1379
Unique words (used once %)51%
Unique kanji968
Unique kanji (used once)265
Unique kanji readings1399
Average difficulty81/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)90/100
MDL avg. rating8.0
MDL rating count4
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Yae no Sakura
Length (in words)127651
Unique words10681
Unique words (used once)4471
Unique words (used once %)41%
Unique kanji2024
Unique kanji (used once)282
Unique kanji readings3813
Average difficulty81/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)95/100
MDL avg. rating8.0
MDL rating count300
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Cover of Seven Souls in the Skull Castle - Season Flower
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Seven Souls in the Skull Castle - Season Flower
Length (in words)16284
Unique words2521
Unique words (used once)1341
Unique words (used once %)53%
Unique kanji902
Unique kanji (used once)246
Unique kanji readings1323
Average difficulty81/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)88/100
MDL avg. rating8.1
MDL rating count5
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Sego-don
Length (in words)133614
Unique words9659
Unique words (used once)4112
Unique words (used once %)42%
Unique kanji1904
Unique kanji (used once)268
Unique kanji readings3518
Average difficulty81/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)94/100
MDL avg. rating8.2
MDL rating count89
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Seven Souls in the Skull Castle - Season Moon Kagen
Length (in words)17944
Unique words2628
Unique words (used once)1341
Unique words (used once %)51%
Unique kanji947
Unique kanji (used once)268
Unique kanji readings1362
Average difficulty83/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)91/100
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Seven Souls in the Skull Castle - Season Moon Jogen
Length (in words)17650
Unique words2557
Unique words (used once)1289
Unique words (used once %)50%
Unique kanji939
Unique kanji (used once)254
Unique kanji readings1352
Average difficulty83/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)91/100
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Taira no Kiyomori
Length (in words)119794
Unique words8608
Unique words (used once)3361
Unique words (used once %)39%
Unique kanji1851
Unique kanji (used once)239
Unique kanji readings3479
Average difficulty86/100
Peak difficulty (90th percentile)98/100
MDL avg. rating7.9
MDL rating count112
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