6.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Romance, Drama • 2019 • 123 min
What Is Love? (2019)
What Is Love? (2019)
Overview
Teruko is a 28-year-old office worker. 5 months ago, she fell in love with Mamoru at first sight. Since that time, she has not cared about her work or her friends. She then loses her job and her friends look at her coldly. Yet, Teruko is happy as long as she is with Mamoru. Meanwhile, Mamoru thinks Teruko is an easy woman for him to not love. Teruko's unrequited love grows deeper.
Starring Cast
Yukino Kishii • Ryo Narita • Mai Fukagawa
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
6.6
Overview
Teruko is a 28-year-old office worker. 5 months ago, she fell in love with Mamoru at first sight. Since that time, she has not cared about her work or her friends. She then loses her job and her friends look at her coldly. Yet, Teruko is happy as long as she is with Mamoru. Meanwhile, Mamoru thinks Teruko is an easy woman for him to not love. Teruko's unrequited love grows deeper.
Starring Cast
Yukino Kishii • Ryo Narita • Mai Fukagawa
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: High
The film focuses on universal human emotions and individual character development, exploring themes of unrequited love and self-worth through personal narratives rather than a political lens. Its central conflict and proposed solutions are entirely apolitical.
Diversity: Low
Confidence: High
The movie features a cast predominantly of Japanese actors, which aligns with traditional casting for a Japanese production. The narrative does not appear to explicitly critique traditional identities or center on strong DEI themes.
Secondary
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Confidence: High
The film portrays highly unconventional living arrangements, such as cohabitation with an ex-partner and their new boyfriend, and depicts a complicated, somewhat negative parent-child dynamic, thereby normalizing alternative family structures and questioning traditional parental authority.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
The film "What Is Love?, 2019" primarily explores themes of unrequited love and complex heterosexual relationships among a group of young adults. Based on available plot summaries and character descriptions, there are no identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes present within the narrative.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
The film 'What Is Love?, 2019' does not feature any identifiable transgender characters or themes. Its narrative centers on a cisgender heterosexual couple, Teruko and Mamoru, and their complex relationship dynamics. The story explores themes of love, self-sacrifice, and personal boundaries, with no elements related to transgender identity or experiences present in its plot or character arcs.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film is an adaptation of a novel. The main characters, including Teruko and Mamoru, maintain the same genders as established in the original source material. No characters canonically established as one gender are portrayed as a different gender in this adaptation.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film is an adaptation of a Japanese novel featuring Japanese characters. The main cast consists of Japanese actors portraying these characters, with no indication of any character's race being altered from the source material.
Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: High
Not depicted in the film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.4
6.9
Critic Ratings
N/A
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