cancer and mortality

His films like 'After Life' and 'Still Walking' intimately explore mortality, grief, and how we preserve memories of the deceased.

Works such as 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' delve into psychological suffering, trauma, and the fragility of human existence.

His final film 'Kyoto, My Mother' was created while dying of cancer, and his body of work confronts death, disease, and bodily decay with unflinching honesty.