No information is available to assess the portrayal of LGBTQ+ characters or themes in 'New Story of Katsuragawa'. Therefore, an evaluation of its net impact cannot be performed.

The film "New Story of Katsuragawa" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on a traditional love story involving a young man, his mother, and a geisha, with no elements related to gender identity or transition.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Information regarding the 1909 film is extremely limited, but there is no evidence to suggest that any canonically established character from the source material had their gender changed in this adaptation. The practice of male actors playing female roles (onnagata), common in early Japanese cinema, does not constitute a gender swap of the character.

This 1909 Japanese film is an adaptation of a traditional Japanese kabuki play. There is no historical or canonical evidence to suggest that any character originally established as one race was portrayed by an actor of a different race.