6.3
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Seaside Village (1965)
The Seaside Village (1965)
Overview
A remote fishing island is home to a largely female-population. Men are frequently lost to the ocean as stubbornly going out to sea in the face of great danger. Young widows are made and quickly learn the hardships of life.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Buddhism: Positive
Viewer Rating
6.3
Overview
A remote fishing island is home to a largely female-population. Men are frequently lost to the ocean as stubbornly going out to sea in the face of great danger. Young widows are made and quickly learn the hardships of life.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film explores universal themes of human resilience, female solidarity, and adaptation within a traditional, isolated community. It focuses on the human experience and internal community dynamics rather than explicitly promoting or critiquing a specific political ideology.
The film features an all-Korean cast, consistent with its setting and era, without engaging in explicit DEI-driven casting or race/gender swaps. Its narrative subtly explores themes of gender equity by focusing on the resilience and collective strength of women facing hardship in a patriarchal village, without explicitly critiquing traditional identities as villains.
Secondary
The film subtly portrays Buddhist practices as a traditional source of solace and community ritual for the grieving women, offering a quiet dignity in their resilience against loss.
Based on the information provided, there are no identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes present in 'The Seaside Village'. Therefore, an evaluation of its portrayal of LGBTQ+ elements is not applicable.
The film 'The Seaside Village' (1965) centers on the lives of women in a remote fishing village, exploring themes of hardship, resilience, and community in post-war Korea. Its narrative does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes, thus the portrayal is N/A.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film is a direct adaptation of the novel 'Gaetmaeul' by Kim Jeong-han. There is no documented evidence or widely known instance of any major character's gender being altered from the source material for the 1965 film.
The film is a South Korean adaptation of a Korean novel, depicting Korean characters in a Korean village. All major characters are portrayed by actors of the same race as established in the source material and setting, with no evidence of a race swap.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.5
6.0
Critic Ratings
N/A
N/A
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