5.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Taste and Tears (2025)
Taste and Tears (2025)
Overview
Bound by shared loneliness, Shinya and his classmate Yuka grow close while working on their school newspaper. But after a sudden incident, Yuka vanishes without a trace, leaving Shinya clinging to an unfulfilled promise. Thirty years later, long-buried truths about Yuka’s past finally surface, forcing Shinya to confront what was lost, and what remained unsaid.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Viewer Rating
5.7
Overview
Bound by shared loneliness, Shinya and his classmate Yuka grow close while working on their school newspaper. But after a sudden incident, Yuka vanishes without a trace, leaving Shinya clinging to an unfulfilled promise. Thirty years later, long-buried truths about Yuka’s past finally surface, forcing Shinya to confront what was lost, and what remained unsaid.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film focuses on apolitical themes of personal loss, loneliness, and finding emotional solace through human connection, with no explicit or implicit political ideology, social commentary, or governmental themes present in its descriptions or context.
The movie is a Japanese production featuring an all-Japanese cast in a youth drama and romance. Available information indicates no explicit DEI aspects or leanings in its casting or narrative themes.
Secondary
Based on available information, 'Oishikute Naku Toki' does not appear to feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Search results, plot summaries, and community discussions consistently lack any mention of queer elements, indicating their absence from the film's narrative.
Based on the available information, there is no indication of transsexual characters or themes in 'Oishikute Naku Toki, 2025'. The provided details, including the plot summary about two lonely classmates, do not offer enough information to assess any portrayal related to gender identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film is a live-action adaptation where character genders, including key roles like Shinya and Yuka, align with their established genders in the source material. No gender discrepancies are indicated for any characters.
The source material did not establish specific racial details for characters Shinya or Yuka beyond their depiction as Japanese classmates. The film features Japanese actors portraying these characters in a contemporary Japanese setting, aligning with the implied background without a change in race.
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