8.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Twilight Samurai (2002)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.5
Overview
Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles to take care of his two daughters and senile mother. New prospects seem to open up when the beautiful Tomoe, a childhood friend, comes back into he and his daughters' life, but as the Japanese feudal system unravels, Seibei is still bound by the code of honor of the samurai and by his own sense of social precedence. How can he find a way to do what is best for those he loves?
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Low
Buddhism: Positive
Overview
Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles to take care of his two daughters and senile mother. New prospects seem to open up when the beautiful Tomoe, a childhood friend, comes back into he and his daughters' life, but as the Japanese feudal system unravels, Seibei is still bound by the code of honor of the samurai and by his own sense of social precedence. How can he find a way to do what is best for those he loves?
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Traditional
Primary
The film leans right due to its strong emphasis on traditional virtues like duty, honor, and individual responsibility, and the prioritization of family, as the solution for navigating a rigid and declining feudal system.
The film features a cast that is traditional and historically accurate for its Japanese setting, without any intentional race or gender swaps. Its narrative focuses on traditional themes and identities within its cultural context, without explicit critique of traditional roles.
Secondary
The film implicitly portrays Buddhist philosophical underpinnings, such as the acceptance of impermanence and the importance of duty, as integral to the characters' dignified existence and moral fortitude, without critique or satire.
The Twilight Samurai does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative is exclusively centered on heterosexual relationships, family obligations, and the socio-economic challenges faced by a samurai in the Edo period, resulting in no portrayal of queer identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The Twilight Samurai is an adaptation of Shūhei Fujisawa's short stories. All major characters, including protagonist Seibei Iguchi and Tomoe Iinuma, maintain their original genders as established in the source material. No character's gender was altered for the film.
The Twilight Samurai is a Japanese period drama set in feudal Japan, featuring a Japanese cast portraying characters consistent with the historical and cultural context. There are no instances where a character established as one race in the source material or history is portrayed as a different race.
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User Ratings
8.1
7.8
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9.9
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