THEME EXPLORATION

historical Japan

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Conflagration
Conflagration
1958 · Kon Ichikawa
The Sun's Burial
The Sun's Burial
1960 · Nagisa Oshima
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
Tokyo Story
Tokyo Story
1953 · Yasujirō Ozu
Harakiri
Harakiri
1962 · Masaki Kobayashi
Giovanna d’Arco
Giovanna d’Arco
1989 · Werner Herzog
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
1958 · Sergei Eisenstein
Fort York
Fort York
1972 · David Cronenberg
Chico
Chico
2001 · Ibolya Fekete
I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
2018 · Radu Jude
Nabua Song
Nabua Song
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
2007 · Jon Turteltaub
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Akira Kurosawa Japan

His samurai epics like Ran and Sanjuro profoundly explore feudal Japanese history, power, and moral complexity through stunning visual storytelling.

 Masaki Kobayashi Japan

His masterpiece Kiri (Twilight Samurai) and Harakiri deliver intimate, unflinching examinations of the samurai code and the human cost of historical traditions.