survival struggle

His films like *Stalker* and *Solaris* explore humanity's spiritual and philosophical struggle for meaning and survival in hostile or indifferent universes.

He persistently examines human obsession and the primal struggle against nature's overwhelming forces in films like *Aguirre* and *Fitzcarraldo*.

His masterworks like *Ikiru* and *Ran* depict characters confronting mortality, social collapse, and the desperate human need to find dignity amid suffering.