THEME EXPLORATION

Japanese nationalism

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
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
1938 · Leni Riefenstahl
Donbass
Donbass
2018 · Sergei Loznitsa
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
2011 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985 · Paul Schrader
Actress
Actress
1987 · Kon Ichikawa
12 Photographers
12 Photographers
1955 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
A Face From the Past
A Face From the Past
1941 · Mikio Naruse
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
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Masaki Kobayashi Japan

His masterpiece 'The Human Condition' trilogy directly confronts Japanese militarism and nationalism during WWII through intimate human storytelling.

 Nagisa Oshima Japan

His films including 'In the Realm of the Senses' and 'Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence' challenge nationalist ideology and cultural taboos with provocative intensity.