5.1
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Shield of Straw (2013)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 5.1
Overview
Ninagawa is a powerful man in Japanese politics and with top economic connections.His granddaughter is then murdered. The suspect is Kunihide Kiyomaru. Kunihide Kiyomaru has a prior conviction for assaulting and killing a girl 8 years ago. The police could never apprehend the suspect in the prior killing.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Overview
Ninagawa is a powerful man in Japanese politics and with top economic connections.His granddaughter is then murdered. The suspect is Kunihide Kiyomaru. Kunihide Kiyomaru has a prior conviction for assaulting and killing a girl 8 years ago. The police could never apprehend the suspect in the prior killing.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film maintains a neutral stance by exploring the universal tension between the rule of law and the desire for vengeance, ultimately championing the integrity of the legal system and the duty of its enforcers without explicitly promoting a specific progressive or conservative ideology.
This Japanese film features a cast that is traditional for its cultural origin, with no explicit DEI-driven casting or recasting of roles typically associated with other ethnicities. The narrative focuses on themes of duty and morality, without engaging in explicit critique or negative portrayal of traditional identities.
Secondary
Shield of Straw does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The film's plot is solely centered on a high-stakes police operation, leaving no room for such portrayals.
Shield of Straw is a thriller centered on a police detail protecting a killer with a bounty on his head. The film does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or explore related themes, resulting in no depiction to evaluate.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "Shield of Straw" is an adaptation of a novel. A review of its main characters and their source material counterparts reveals no instances where a character canonically established as one gender is portrayed as a different gender in the film.
This film is a Japanese adaptation of a Japanese novel, featuring Japanese characters portrayed by Japanese actors. There is no evidence of any character being established as one race in the source material and then depicted as a different race in the film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.2
6.4
Critic Ratings
4.5
3.5
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