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THEME EXPLORATION

Japanese militarism

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Tokyo-ga
Tokyo-ga
1985 · Wim Wenders
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
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
2011 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Stepbrothers
Stepbrothers
1958 · Miyoji Ieki
12 Photographers
12 Photographers
1955 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
Actress
Actress
1987 · Kon Ichikawa
A Idade da Terra
A Idade da Terra
1980 · Glauber Rocha
First Blood
First Blood
1982 · Ted Kotcheff
Sons of the Good Earth
Sons of the Good Earth
1965 · King Hu
The Heart of O’yama
The Heart of O’yama
1908 · D.W. Griffith
Isle of Dogs
Isle of Dogs
2018 · Wes Anderson
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Masaki Kobayashi → Japan

His masterpiece 'The Human Condition' trilogy unflinchingly critiques Japanese militarism and its dehumanizing impact on soldiers and society.

Kon Ichikawa → Japan

Films like 'Fires on the Plain' and 'The Burmese Harp' offer searing examinations of war's brutality and the moral corruption of militaristic ideology.

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