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Duel to the Death (1983)

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.3
Duel to the Death poster

Overview

In 16th century, during the Ming dynasty era, every ten years the greatest swordsman from Japan faces the greatest swordsman from China in a duel to the death for their nation's honor. As a duel approaches, Chinese champion Bo Ching-Wan and Japanese champion Miyamoto uncover a plot to rig the fight.


Starring Cast

Bias Dimensions

Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate

Overview

In 16th century, during the Ming dynasty era, every ten years the greatest swordsman from Japan faces the greatest swordsman from China in a duel to the death for their nation's honor. As a duel approaches, Chinese champion Bo Ching-Wan and Japanese champion Miyamoto uncover a plot to rig the fight.


Starring Cast

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Center

Primary

The film maintains a neutral stance by critiquing the corruption and manipulation of traditional values and national pride, while simultaneously upholding the importance of individual honor, skill, and the purity of martial arts, without explicitly endorsing a specific political ideology.

This martial arts film features an entirely East Asian cast, which is traditional for its genre and origin, and does not involve explicit recasting of traditionally white roles. The narrative positively frames its male protagonists, celebrating their traditional roles and skills without any critical portrayal of traditional identities or explicit DEI themes.

Secondary

The film 'Duel to the Death' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative is solely centered on a martial arts duel, honor, and cultural conflict, thus rendering the portrayal of LGBTQ+ elements as not applicable.

The film 'Duel to the Death' (1983) is a martial arts action film. There are no transsexual characters or themes present in the movie, resulting in a determination of N/A for its portrayal.

The film features female characters who are skilled martial artists and participate in combat. However, no specific scenes depict a female character decisively defeating one or more male opponents in direct physical combat using martial arts or melee weapons. Their combat roles are often supportive or they do not achieve clear individual victories against male adversaries.

Duel to the Death (1983) is an original wuxia film with no prior source material, historical figures, or previous installments. All characters were created for this film, thus precluding any gender swaps from established canon.

Duel to the Death (1983) is an original martial arts film, not an adaptation of existing source material or a depiction of historical figures. There are no pre-established characters whose race could have been altered.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.3

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.2
The Movie Database logo
6.8

Critic Ratings

Rotten Tomatoes logo
8.0
Metacritic logo
N/A

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