resilience against adversity

His films like 'Ikiru' and 'Ran' explore how individuals and societies endure suffering and find meaning through struggle and acceptance.

His works examine psychological resilience and the human capacity to persevere through trauma and grief in deeply unsettling circumstances.

Her films like 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' portray characters navigating trauma and moral complexity with fragile determination.