THEME EXPLORATION

Japanese exploitation

31 films · 1 director

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Tokyo-ga
Tokyo-ga
1985 · Wim Wenders
Sons of the Good Earth
Sons of the Good Earth
1965 · King Hu
Street of Shame
Street of Shame
1956 · Kenji Mizoguchi
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 Battleship Island
The Battleship Island
2017 · Ryoo Seung-wan
Alien
Alien
1979 · Ridley Scott
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
1999 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Avatar
Avatar
2009 · James Cameron
Black Girl
Black Girl
1966 · Ousmane Sembène
Wild Game
Wild Game
1972 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Blood of the Condor
Blood of the Condor
1969 · Jorge Sanjinés
Manila in the Claws of Light
Manila in the Claws of Light
1975 · Lino Brocka
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011 · Rupert Wyatt
Time of the Gypsies
Time of the Gypsies
1988 · Emir Kusturica
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
1951 · Ida Lupino
Father
Father
2001 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The Sin
The Sin
1965 · Henry Barakat
Abus de faiblesse
Abus de faiblesse
2013 · Catherine Breillat
District 9
District 9
2009 · Neill Blomkamp
The Marginal Ones
The Marginal Ones
1978 · Mrinal Sen
Under the Skin
Under the Skin
2014 · Jonathan Glazer
What a Wonderful Place
What a Wonderful Place
2005 · Eyal Halfon
Mrs. Lupe
Mrs. Lupe
1986 · Guillermo del Toro
Clika
Clika
2026 · Michael Greene
Karuppu
Karuppu
2026 · RJ Balaji
The Long Walk
The Long Walk
2025 · Francis Lawrence
That Burning House
That Burning House
2026 · Tsai Yin-chuan
All the Invisible Children
All the Invisible Children
2006 · John Woo & Spike Lee
Cabeças Cortadas
Cabeças Cortadas
1970 · Glauber Rocha
Il sogno de Giovanni Bassain
Il sogno de Giovanni Bassain
1953 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Los jueves milagro
Los jueves milagro
1957 · Luis García Berlanga
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Masaki Kobayashi Japan

Works such as 'Kwaidan' and 'The Human Condition' trilogy deeply explore systemic exploitation, militarism, and the dehumanization of individuals within Japanese institutions.