hometown return

His films like 'The Assassin' and 'A City of Sadness' explore memory, displacement, and the emotional weight of returning to one's homeland across generations.

His films 'Manchester by the Sea' and 'You Can Count on Me' intimately examine how characters grapple with family ties and the impossible task of going home again.

Works like 'Our Little Sister' and 'Still Walking' tenderly capture the complex emotions of familial reunion and what it means to return to one's roots.