6.9
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Drama • 1957 • 99 min
The Oil-Hell Murder (1957)
The Oil-Hell Murder (1957)
Overview
A privileged son betrays his family for the favors of a geisha in 18th century Osaka.
Starring Cast
Senjaku Nakamura • Ganjirô Nakamura • Eiko Miyoshi • Kyôko Kagawa
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Buddhism: Positive
Viewer Rating
6.9
Overview
A privileged son betrays his family for the favors of a geisha in 18th century Osaka.
Starring Cast
Senjaku Nakamura • Ganjirô Nakamura • Eiko Miyoshi • Kyôko Kagawa
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: High
The film explores the universal themes of human passion, societal constraints, and tragic love, focusing on the irreconcilable conflict between individual desires and social obligations without explicitly promoting a specific political ideology.
Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: Low
This Japanese film features a cast that is culturally appropriate for its setting, without engaging in explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally Western roles. Its narrative does not explicitly critique traditional Western identities or center on DEI themes as defined by the evaluation criteria.
Secondary
Buddhism: Positive
Confidence: High
The film, a tragedy exploring human desire and its violent consequences, implicitly affirms Buddhist principles regarding the nature of suffering (dukkha) and the karmic repercussions of immoral actions. The narrative demonstrates the destructive power of attachment and greed, aligning with a worldview where such actions lead to inevitable suffering, thus validating the underlying moral framework.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
The film "The Oil-Hell Murder" does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on a dissolute son's financial troubles, his heterosexual relationship, and his eventual crime, without incorporating any queer elements.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
The film 'The Oil-Hell Murder' (1957) does not appear to contain any transsexual characters or themes in its narrative, according to widely available plot descriptions and critical analyses. Therefore, it falls under the 'No depiction' category.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
This 1957 film is an adaptation of Chikamatsu Monzaemon's 1721 kabuki play. Key characters, such as the protagonist Yohei and victim Okichi, maintain their original genders from the source material. No established characters underwent a gender change.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
This 1957 Japanese film adapts a classic kabuki play set in 18th-century Japan. All characters in the source material and the film are Japanese, with no indication of any character's race being altered from their established origin.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.8
7.0
Critic Ratings
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