THEME EXPLORATION

Genroku era Japan

12 films · 1 director

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Conflagration
Conflagration
1958 · Kon Ichikawa
The Sun's Burial
The Sun's Burial
1960 · Nagisa Oshima
Green Book
Green Book
2018 · Peter Farrelly
Insignificance
Insignificance
1985 · Nicolas Roeg
Blue Sky
Blue Sky
1994 · Tony Richardson
Boxcar Bertha
Boxcar Bertha
1972 · Martin Scorsese
Le Mystère Koumiko
Le Mystère Koumiko
1965 · Chris Marker
La royale goumbé
La royale goumbé
1958 · Jean Rouch
Mesmerized / Shocked (Michael Laughlin, ) story
Mesmerized / Shocked (Michael Laughlin, ) story
1986 · Jerzy Skolimowski
Tokyo-ga
Tokyo-ga
1985 · Wim Wenders
Un Pilota ritorna
Un Pilota ritorna
1942 · Michelangelo Antonioni
In Memory of Sergo Ordzhonikidze
In Memory of Sergo Ordzhonikidze
1937 · Dziga Vertov
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Masaki Kobayashi Japan

His masterpiece 'Harakiri' (1962) profoundly explores the samurai code and honor system that defined the Genroku period through a tragic critique of blind loyalty.