THEME EXPLORATION

wartime 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
Tokyo Story
Tokyo Story
1953 · Yasujirō Ozu
Harakiri
Harakiri
1962 · Masaki Kobayashi
Senso
Senso
1954 · Luchino Visconti
The Notebook
The Notebook
2004 · Nick Cassavetes
Theeb
Theeb
2014 · Naji Abu Nowar
Dunkirk
Dunkirk
2017 · Christopher Nolan
I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
2018 · Radu Jude
Transit
Transit
2018 · Christian Petzold
Pressure
Pressure
2026 · Anthony Maras
1776, Or the Hessian Renegade
1776, Or the Hessian Renegade
1909 · D.W. Griffith
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Masaki Kobayashi Japan

His masterpiece 'The Human Condition' trilogy is an unflinching examination of Japanese militarism and the moral toll of war on individuals.

 Kon Ichikawa Japan

'Fires on the Plain' and 'The Burmese Harp' offer searing critiques of wartime Japan through intimate portraits of soldiers' suffering and disillusionment.