The Pillow Book does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses on Nagiko's journey of self-discovery through calligraphy and various sexual relationships, exploring themes of art, desire, and identity more broadly, without specific engagement with transsexual experiences or gender transition.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

The film creates original characters for its narrative, which is inspired by Sei Shōnagon's historical work. No characters from the original source material or historical figures are portrayed with a different gender in the film.

The film features original characters created for its narrative. While the protagonist is a Japanese character portrayed by a Chinese actress, this constitutes an ethnic or national shift within the same broader racial category, which is excluded from the definition of a race swap.

Not depicted in the film.