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THEME EXPLORATION

gratitude and obligation

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Tokyo Story
Tokyo Story
1953 · Yasujirō Ozu
A Separation
A Separation
2011 · Asghar Farhadi
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
2002 · Park Chan-wook
A Delicate Balance
A Delicate Balance
1973 · Tony Richardson
Love on Trial
Love on Trial
2026 · Koji Fukada
El verdugo
El verdugo
1963 · Luis García Berlanga
A Woman’s Sorrows
A Woman’s Sorrows
1937 · Mikio Naruse
Faithful
Faithful
1910 · D.W. Griffith
Mammy Water
Mammy Water
1953 · Jean Rouch
Osaka Elegy
Osaka Elegy
1936 · Kenji Mizoguchi
Rosenstrasse
Rosenstrasse
2003 · Margarethe von Trotta
The Golden Thread
The Golden Thread
1965 · Ritwik Ghatak
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Hirokazu Koreeda → Japan

His films explore familial bonds and unspoken obligations between family members, examining how gratitude and debt shape relationships across generations.

Yasujirō Ozu → Japan

His masterpieces like 'Tokyo Story' delicately probe the quiet gratitude and complex obligations between parents and children in traditional Japanese society.

Carlos Reygadas → Mexico

His films dissect moral debt and spiritual obligation, exploring how gratitude and guilt intertwine in human relationships and social hierarchies.

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