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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13-sai no Hello Work

Length (in words)	37978
Unique words	4623
Unique words (used once)	2284
Unique words (used once %)	49%
Unique kanji	1276
Unique kanji (used once)	291
Difficulty	7/10

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)	39818
Unique words	4362
Unique words (used once)	1942
Unique words (used once %)	44%
Unique kanji	1266
Unique kanji (used once)	243
Difficulty	9/10

Length (in words)	23131
Unique words	3357
Unique words (used once)	1697
Unique words (used once %)	50%
Unique kanji	1110
Unique kanji (used once)	285
Difficulty	6/10

Length (in words)	26848
Unique words	3681
Unique words (used once)	1909
Unique words (used once %)	51%
Unique kanji	1175
Unique kanji (used once)	298
Difficulty	5/10

Length (in words)	28119
Unique words	3906
Unique words (used once)	2071
Unique words (used once %)	53%
Unique kanji	1188
Unique kanji (used once)	294
Difficulty	6/10

Length (in words)	26869
Unique words	3673
Unique words (used once)	1931
Unique words (used once %)	52%
Unique kanji	1116
Unique kanji (used once)	265
Difficulty	5/10

Length (in words)	22809
Unique words	2893
Unique words (used once)	1446
Unique words (used once %)	49%
Unique kanji	989
Unique kanji (used once)	284
Difficulty	6/10

Length (in words)	35390
Unique words	4139
Unique words (used once)	1879
Unique words (used once %)	45%
Unique kanji	1196
Unique kanji (used once)	229
Difficulty	6/10

Length (in words)	37262
Unique words	3720
Unique words (used once)	1796
Unique words (used once %)	48%
Unique kanji	1178
Unique kanji (used once)	275
Difficulty	8/10

Length (in words)	11362
Unique words	1617
Unique words (used once)	709
Unique words (used once %)	43%
Unique kanji	680
Unique kanji (used once)	178
Difficulty	5/10

Length (in words)	28852
Unique words	3812
Unique words (used once)	1869
Unique words (used once %)	49%
Unique kanji	1174
Unique kanji (used once)	274
Difficulty	8/10

Length (in words)	15932
Unique words	2547
Unique words (used once)	1304
Unique words (used once %)	51%
Unique kanji	953
Unique kanji (used once)	306
Difficulty	6/10

Length (in words)	28872
Unique words	3585
Unique words (used once)	1610
Unique words (used once %)	44%
Unique kanji	1150
Unique kanji (used once)	238
Difficulty	8/10

Length (in words)	27219
Unique words	3176
Unique words (used once)	1569
Unique words (used once %)	49%
Unique kanji	1025
Unique kanji (used once)	250
Difficulty	4/10

Length (in words)	26240
Unique words	3553
Unique words (used once)	1764
Unique words (used once %)	49%
Unique kanji	1153
Unique kanji (used once)	270
Difficulty	7/10

Length (in words)	23430
Unique words	3225
Unique words (used once)	1615
Unique words (used once %)	50%
Unique kanji	1078
Unique kanji (used once)	266
Difficulty	7/10

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)	23436
Unique words	2789
Unique words (used once)	1268
Unique words (used once %)	45%
Unique kanji	946
Unique kanji (used once)	235
Difficulty	5/10

Length (in words)	22103
Unique words	3018
Unique words (used once)	1500
Unique words (used once %)	49%
Unique kanji	1047
Unique kanji (used once)	274
Difficulty	7/10

Length (in words)	55990
Unique words	4575
Unique words (used once)	2044
Unique words (used once %)	44%
Unique kanji	1158
Unique kanji (used once)	249
Difficulty	5/10

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Live action difficulty list

13-sai no Hello Work

37 Seconds

ATARU

Aino Kekkon Soudanjo

Ainori Love Wagon African Journey

Ainori Love Wagon Asian Journey

Ainori Love Wagon Asian Journey S2

Aka Hige

Akira to Akira

Akumu-chan

Akuryo Byoto

Algernon ni Hanataba wo

Alice in Borderland

Alice no Toge

Anata no Koto wa Sorehodo

Ando Lloyd

Angel Heart

Any Crybabies Around?

Aogeba Totoshi

Aoihonoo

Arashi's Diary -Voyage-

Aru Hi, Ahiru Bus

Ashi-girl

Ashio Kara Kita Onna

Ashita no Yakusoku

Ashita, Mama ga Inai

Asunaro San San Nana Byoushi

Atami no Sousakan

Atelier

BORDER

Banyuki

Bartender

Basuke mo Koi mo, Shiteitai

Beginners!

Biblia Koshodou no Jiken Techou

Black President

Blanket Cats

Blazing Transfer Students

Bleach

Blue, Painful, Fragile

Boku no Ita Jikan

Boku no Tsuma to Kekkon Shite Kudasai

Boku no Yabai Tsuma

Boku to Star no 99 Nichi

Boku, Unmei no Hito desu

Bokutachi ga Yarimashita

Boys on the Run

Budokan

Busu to Yajuu

Busujima Yuriko no Sekirara Nikki

Length (in words)	25458
Unique words	3732
Unique words (used once)	1917
Unique words (used once %)	51%
Unique kanji	1251
Unique kanji (used once)	320
Difficulty	6/10

Length (in words)	28078
Unique words	3714
Unique words (used once)	1856
Unique words (used once %)	49%
Unique kanji	1129
Unique kanji (used once)	299
Difficulty	7/10

Length (in words)	8138
Unique words	1764
Unique words (used once)	996
Unique words (used once %)	56%
Unique kanji	833
Unique kanji (used once)	291
Difficulty	5/10

Length (in words)	32575
Unique words	3324
Unique words (used once)	1549
Unique words (used once %)	46%
Unique kanji	1022
Unique kanji (used once)	231
Difficulty	5/10

Length (in words)	26675
Unique words	3217
Unique words (used once)	1595
Unique words (used once %)	49%
Unique kanji	1044
Unique kanji (used once)	264
Difficulty	4/10

Length (in words)	27629
Unique words	3591
Unique words (used once)	1741
Unique words (used once %)	48%
Unique kanji	1082
Unique kanji (used once)	245
Difficulty	5/10

Length (in words)	24733
Unique words	3310
Unique words (used once)	1648
Unique words (used once %)	49%
Unique kanji	1101
Unique kanji (used once)	262
Difficulty	7/10

Length (in words)	37804
Unique words	4466
Unique words (used once)	2209
Unique words (used once %)	49%
Unique kanji	1183
Unique kanji (used once)	242
Difficulty	5/10

Length (in words)	27306
Unique words	4079
Unique words (used once)	2069
Unique words (used once %)	50%
Unique kanji	1297
Unique kanji (used once)	303
Difficulty	8/10

Length (in words)	16882
Unique words	2681
Unique words (used once)	1370
Unique words (used once %)	51%
Unique kanji	959
Unique kanji (used once)	261
Difficulty	8/10