tuberculosis

His films like 'Red Beard' and 'Ikiru' explore illness and mortality with profound humanism, examining how tuberculosis and disease shape human relationships and the search for meaning.

His socially conscious films document how poverty, inequality, and poor living conditions enable tuberculosis and other diseases to flourish in vulnerable communities.

His meditative cinema explores bodily decay, illness, and mortality through visual poetry, treating tuberculosis and sickness as metaphors for emotional and spiritual erosion in modern life.