THEME EXPLORATION

Edo period Japan

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Samurai Rebellion
Samurai Rebellion
1967 · Masaki Kobayashi
Conflagration
Conflagration
1958 · Kon Ichikawa
Sanjuro
Sanjuro
2007 · Yoshimitsu Morita
The Sun's Burial
The Sun's Burial
1960 · Nagisa Oshima
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
1951 · Douglas Sirk
Les Destinées sentimentales
Les Destinées sentimentales
2000 · Olivier Assayas
House of Bamboo
House of Bamboo
1955 · Samuel Fuller
In Old California
In Old California
1910 · D.W. Griffith
Le Mystère Koumiko
Le Mystère Koumiko
1965 · Chris Marker
Mikaël
Mikaël
1924 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
The Only Son
The Only Son
1914 · Cecil B. DeMille
Tokyo-ga
Tokyo-ga
1985 · Wim Wenders
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Masaki Kobayashi Japan

His masterpiece 'Kwaidan' and samurai films like 'Harakiri' profoundly explore the moral and existential crises of Edo period warriors bound by rigid social codes.

 Kenji Mizoguchi Japan

He created deeply humanistic films set in Edo Japan such as 'Ugetsu' and 'Sansho the Bailiff' that examine social hierarchy, sacrifice, and the lives of common people during the period.