THEME EXPLORATION

modernization clash

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Last Samurai
The Last Samurai
2003 · Edward Zwick
Little by Little
Little by Little
1970 · Jean Rouch
Death to the Invader
Death to the Invader
1961 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
The Profound Desire of the Gods
The Profound Desire of the Gods
1968 · Shohei Imamura
Earth
Earth
1930 · Alexander Dovzhenko
The Bodyguard
The Bodyguard
1992 · Mick Jackson
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016 · Zack Snyder
Meet the Fockers
Meet the Fockers
2004 · Jay Roach
24 City
24 City
2008 · Jia Zhangke
Broads
Broads
1989 · Christian Petzold
Dracula
Dracula
2026 · Radu Jude
Tokyo Burst: Crime City
Tokyo Burst: Crime City
2026 · Eiji Uchida
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Akira Kurosawa Japan

His films like 'Ran' and 'Kagemusha' explore the collision between traditional samurai codes and modernizing forces in feudal and early modern Japan.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His visually poetic works capture the tension between nostalgic romanticism and rapid urban modernization in contemporary Hong Kong society.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union/Russia

His philosophical cinema interrogates how technological progress and Soviet modernization conflict with human spirituality and connection to nature.