THEME EXPLORATION

Japanese countryside

14 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Tokyo-ga
Tokyo-ga
1985 · Wim Wenders
Il se peut que la beauté ait renforcé notre résolution – Masao Adachi
Il se peut que la beauté ait renforcé notre résolution – Masao Adachi
2011 · Philippe Grandrieux
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
1999 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
The Seventh Seal
The Seventh Seal
1957 · Ingmar Bergman
Miroirs No. 3
Miroirs No. 3
2025 · Christian Petzold
Father
Father
2001 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Tom Jones
Tom Jones
1963 · Tony Richardson
Tourettes
Tourettes
1971 · David Cronenberg
Actress
Actress
1987 · Kon Ichikawa
A Sunday in the Country
A Sunday in the Country
1984 · Bertrand Tavernier
A Summer Idyll
A Summer Idyll
1910 · D.W. Griffith
Sons of the Good Earth
Sons of the Good Earth
1965 · King Hu
Isle of Dogs
Isle of Dogs
2018 · Wes Anderson
Goole by Numbers
Goole by Numbers
1976 · Peter Greenaway
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Yasujirō Ozu Japan

His films intimately capture the quiet rhythms of rural Japanese life and family dynamics in changing countryside communities.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

He portrays contemporary rural Japan with compassion, exploring how traditional countryside communities navigate modernity and human connection.