8.2
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The Royal Family (2025)
The Royal Family (2025)
Overview
Japanese drama series The Royal Family centers on tax accountant Eiji Kurisu, whose aspirations to join his father's firm unravel, drawing him into the intense world of horse racing through a chance meeting with a affluent owner. Starring Satoshi Tsumabuki as Eiji Kurisu, Koichi Sato as Kozo Sanno, Ren Meguro as Koichi Nakajo, and Wakana Matsumoto as Kanako Nozaki. Directed by Ayuko Tsukahara, adapted from Kazumasa Hayami's novel.
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Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
8.2
Overview
Japanese drama series The Royal Family centers on tax accountant Eiji Kurisu, whose aspirations to join his father's firm unravel, drawing him into the intense world of horse racing through a chance meeting with a affluent owner. Starring Satoshi Tsumabuki as Eiji Kurisu, Koichi Sato as Kozo Sanno, Ren Meguro as Koichi Nakajo, and Wakana Matsumoto as Kanako Nozaki. Directed by Ayuko Tsukahara, adapted from Kazumasa Hayami's novel.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
NetflixDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The drama centers on individual perseverance and familial ties in the horse racing domain, maintaining neutrality by avoiding ideological endorsements or critiques.
The series employs a Japanese cast to depict intergenerational family ties and ambitions in the horse racing industry. It portrays traditional roles and dynamics affirmatively, focusing on themes of perseverance and communal bonds without addressing diversity, equity, or inclusion explicitly.
Secondary
Intergenerational legacies and found kinships converge in the horse-racing arena, affirming filial respect amid paternal flaws.
The drama contains no LGBTQ+ characters or themes.
No transsexual characters or themes appear in the series. The narrative focuses on Eiji Kurisu's journey from tax accounting to horse racing involvement, emphasizing perseverance and family ties without addressing gender identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 2025 Japanese drama adapts Kazumasa Hayami's novel without altering any characters' genders, maintaining male and female roles as established in the source material.
The series adapts a Japanese novel featuring original characters in a horse racing context, portrayed by Japanese actors with no alterations to racial depictions from the source material.
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User Ratings
7.7
8.7
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