THEME EXPLORATION

Japanese exploitation

12 films · 1 director

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Tokyo-ga
Tokyo-ga
1985 · Wim Wenders
Sons of the Good Earth
Sons of the Good Earth
1965 · King Hu
Street of Shame
Street of Shame
1956 · Kenji Mizoguchi
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 Battleship Island
The Battleship Island
2017 · Ryoo Seung-wan
Alien
Alien
1979 · Ridley Scott
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
1999 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Avatar
Avatar
2009 · James Cameron
King Kong vs. Godzilla
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1962 · Ishirō Honda
Black Girl
Black Girl
1966 · Ousmane Sembène
Wild Game
Wild Game
1972 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Get Out
Get Out
2017 · Jordan Peele
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Masaki Kobayashi Japan

Works such as 'Kwaidan' and 'Harakiri' critique systemic exploitation within rigid social hierarchies, particularly the samurai code and institutional cruelty.