THEME EXPLORATION

Japanese Imperial Navy

12 films · 2 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Tokyo-ga
Tokyo-ga
1985 · Wim Wenders
A Face From the Past
A Face From the Past
1941 · Mikio Naruse
Kyoto
Kyoto
1969 · Kon Ichikawa
Il se peut que la beauté ait renforcé notre résolution – Masao Adachi
Il se peut que la beauté ait renforcé notre résolution – Masao Adachi
2011 · Philippe Grandrieux
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
1999 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Zama
Zama
2017 · Lucrecia Martel
Father
Father
2001 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Raja Shivaji
Raja Shivaji
2026 · Riteish Deshmukh
12 Photographers
12 Photographers
1955 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
All the King’s Men
All the King’s Men
1983 · King Hu
Katia
Katia
1959 · Robert Siodmak
La nave bianca
La nave bianca
1941 · Roberto Rossellini
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Masaki Kobayashi Japan

Kobayashi's masterpiece 'Kwaidan' and his war trilogy deeply interrogate Japanese militarism and the human cost of imperial naval campaigns, blending philosophical inquiry with historical reflection.

 Kinji Fukasaku Japan

Fukasaku directed 'The Virus' and war-related films that confront the legacy of Japanese imperial militarism and the Navy's role in devastating conflicts from a critical humanist perspective.