THEME EXPLORATION

Japanese nationalism

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
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
1938 · Leni Riefenstahl
Donbass
Donbass
2018 · Sergei Loznitsa
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
2011 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985 · Paul Schrader
Actress
Actress
1987 · Kon Ichikawa
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
Kino-Pravda No. 22: Lenin Is Alive in the Heart of the Peasant. A Film Story
Kino-Pravda No. 22: Lenin Is Alive in the Heart of the Peasant. A Film Story
1925 · Dziga Vertov
Under the Blue Sky
Under the Blue Sky
1959 · Mrinal Sen
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Keiichirō Yoshida Japan

Her films critically examine the psychological impact of Japanese imperial ideology and wartime nationalism on individuals and families.

 Masaki Kobayashi Japan

His masterpiece 'The Human Condition' trilogy directly confronts Japanese militarism and nationalism during WWII through intimate human drama.

 Nagisa Oshima Japan

He provocatively deconstructed postwar Japanese nationalism and identity in films like 'Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence,' challenging national myths and taboos.