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Parental Guidance(Parental Guidance) Violence, Nudity

Synopsis

Dir: Mamoru Oshii. Japanese-language Science Fiction. Part of the Kerberos Saga. Three years after fleeing the country, a former member of a paramilitary police squad (Shigeru Chiba), returns to Japan to try to find his former colleagues, but finds the city very complicated - and noodle shops are now illegal.

Content elements

  • Infrequent use of cursing and vulgar expressions
  • Infrequent portrayals of gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence, some in the context of torture - some blood, little detail
  • Infrequent buttock nudity in a non-sexual context
  • Infrequent portrayals of smoking and alcohol use in a recreational context - little detail
  • Infrequent references to crude bodily functions - little detail

Thematic elements

  • Paranoia and madness
  • Fear of the state
  • Appearance versus reality

Classification rationale

Rated PG for violence and nudity

Classification date

February 05, 2026

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