THEME EXPLORATION

Japanese militarism

12 films · 3 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
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
2011 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Stepbrothers
Stepbrothers
1958 · Miyoji Ieki
12 Photographers
12 Photographers
1955 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
Actress
Actress
1987 · Kon Ichikawa
A Idade da Terra
A Idade da Terra
1980 · Glauber Rocha
First Blood
First Blood
1982 · Ted Kotcheff
Sons of the Good Earth
Sons of the Good Earth
1965 · King Hu
The Heart of O’yama
The Heart of O’yama
1908 · D.W. Griffith
Isle of Dogs
Isle of Dogs
2018 · Wes Anderson
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Masaki Kobayashi Japan

His masterpiece 'The Human Condition' trilogy unflinchingly examines the devastating human cost of Japanese militarism and imperial warfare.

 Kon Ichikawa Japan

'Fires on the Plain' and 'The Burmese Harp' provide searing critiques of militarism's brutality and its psychological destruction of soldiers.

 Terrence Malick United States

'The Thin Red Line' deeply explores the collision between Japanese and American militarism in the Pacific War through philosophical reflection.