THEME EXPLORATION

traditional apprenticeship

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Raise the Red Lantern
Raise the Red Lantern
1991 · Zhang Yimou
Architects of Ayorou
Architects of Ayorou
1970 · Jean Rouch
Gion Festival Music
Gion Festival Music
1953 · Kenji Mizoguchi
Kumoemon Tochuken
Kumoemon Tochuken
1936 · Mikio Naruse
Kyoto
Kyoto
1969 · Kon Ichikawa
Nanook of the North
Nanook of the North
1922 · Robert Flaherty
Puruliar Chhau
Puruliar Chhau
1970 · Ritwik Ghatak
Breaking In
Breaking In
1989 · Bill Forsyth
The Blue Beads from Greece
The Blue Beads from Greece
1967 · Yannis Dalianidis
The Ceremony
The Ceremony
1971 · Nagisa Oshima
Mimbre y Greda
Mimbre y Greda
1966 · Patricio Guzmán
3 Faces
3 Faces
2018 · Jafar Panahi
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Hayao Miyazaki Japan

His films, particularly 'Spirited Away' and 'Kiki's Delivery Service', center on young protagonists learning through immersive apprenticeship in magical worlds.

 Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan

His meditative films like 'The Assassin' and 'A City of Sadness' portray the slow, ritualistic mastery of craft and tradition.