THEME EXPLORATION

Japanese literature adaptation

12 films · 1 director

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Tokyo-ga
Tokyo-ga
1985 · Wim Wenders
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
1947 · Kon Ichikawa
I racconti di Canterbury
I racconti di Canterbury
1972 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
Heart, Head and Hand
Heart, Head and Hand
1979 · Peter Weir
The Strange Pair
The Strange Pair
1988 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
This Happy Life
This Happy Life
1944 · Mikio Naruse
A TV Dante
A TV Dante
1990 · Peter Greenaway
Have You Got Any Castles ?
Have You Got Any Castles ?
1938 · Frank Tashlin
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
Winter Days
Winter Days
2003 · Isao Takahata
Mickey's Mellerdrammer
Mickey's Mellerdrammer
1933 · Wilfred Jackson
A Prophet
A Prophet
2009 · Jacques Audiard
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Masaki Kobayashi Japan

He adapted multiple Japanese literary masterpieces including 'Kwaidan' and 'The Human Condition' trilogy, bringing psychological depth and visual poetry to classical texts.