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THEME EXPLORATION

Edo period

13 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Samurai Rebellion
Samurai Rebellion
1967 · Masaki Kobayashi
Les Destinées sentimentales
Les Destinées sentimentales
2000 · Olivier Assayas
Her Brother
Her Brother
1960 · Kon Ichikawa
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
1951 · Douglas Sirk
In Old California
In Old California
1910 · D.W. Griffith
Mikaël
Mikaël
1924 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
Magic in the Moonlight
Magic in the Moonlight
2014 · Woody Allen
Kino-Week No. 32 (Fragment #1)
Kino-Week No. 32 (Fragment #1)
1919 · Dziga Vertov
The Fortune
The Fortune
1975 · Mike Nichols
Castello Cavalcanti
Castello Cavalcanti
2013 · Wes Anderson
Epitaph
Epitaph
2007 · Jung Bum-shik
The Banishing
The Banishing
2021 · Christopher Smith
The Lost Bladesman
The Lost Bladesman
2011 · Alan Mak Siu-Fai
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Masaki Kobayashi → Japan

His masterpiece 'Kwaidan' and samurai films like 'Harakiri' deeply explore the rigid social structures and human tragedy of the Edo period.

Akira Kurosawa → Japan

Though spanning multiple periods, films like 'Throne of Blood' and 'Ran' authentically capture the feudal Japanese aesthetics and moral complexities central to Edo period storytelling.

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