THEME EXPLORATION

rural 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
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · F. W. Murnau
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
1935 · Douglas Sirk
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
1965 · Sergei Parajanov
Miroirs No. 3
Miroirs No. 3
2025 · Christian Petzold
Tokyo Story
Tokyo Story
1953 · Yasujirō Ozu
Amarcord
Amarcord
1973 · Federico Fellini
Earth
Earth
1930 · Alexander Dovzhenko
Harakiri
Harakiri
1962 · Masaki Kobayashi
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

His films intimately portray rural family life and the slow rhythms of provincial Japan, exploring generational connections and agricultural communities.

 Yasujirō Ozu Japan

A master of depicting rural and provincial Japan's landscapes, domestic life, and the cultural transitions affecting countryside communities across decades.