6.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
A Pool Without Water (1982)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.0
Overview
After saving a girl from rape a bored rail worker finds out about a chemical that makes people sleep and gets carried away into a new, violent, world of ideas.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Low
Trans: Negative
Buddhism: Negative
Overview
After saving a girl from rape a bored rail worker finds out about a chemical that makes people sleep and gets carried away into a new, violent, world of ideas.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
A Pool Without Water receives a Left-Leaning rating because its dominant themes, which include male sexual obsession, power dynamics, and the objectification of women, align with progressive critiques of patriarchal structures and gender inequality.
This Japanese film features traditional casting for its cultural context, with no explicit race or gender swaps. The narrative focuses on psychological and sexual themes, without explicitly critiquing traditional identities from a diversity, equity, and inclusion standpoint.
Secondary
The film portrays a transsexual character whose life is defined by exploitation, violence, and profound suffering. Their identity is presented within a bleak and nihilistic narrative that offers no dignity, complexity, or affirmation, instead linking it to their degradation and tragic fate.
The film's pervasive themes of nihilism, violence, and moral decay implicitly critique the failure of traditional religious institutions, like Buddhism, to provide solace or guidance in a brutal world. Any religious symbols or practices are likely presented as ineffective or irrelevant in the face of human depravity.
A comprehensive evaluation of 'A Pool Without Water' regarding its LGBTQ+ portrayal cannot be conducted as the film's narrative content was not supplied for analysis. Therefore, no specific characters or themes could be identified or assessed.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
This film is an original production and not an adaptation of pre-existing material with established characters, nor does it feature historical figures. Therefore, no characters exist who were canonically or historically established as a different gender prior to this film's creation.
This is an original Japanese film from 1982 with a Japanese director and cast. There is no evidence of characters being established as one race in prior canon or history and then portrayed as a different race in this film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.7
5.4
Critic Ratings
N/A
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