THEME EXPLORATION

Meiji 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
Tokyo Story
Tokyo Story
1953 · Yasujirō Ozu
Green Book
Green Book
2018 · Peter Farrelly
Harakiri
Harakiri
1962 · Masaki Kobayashi
Insignificance
Insignificance
1985 · Nicolas Roeg
Blue Sky
Blue Sky
1994 · Tony Richardson
Boxcar Bertha
Boxcar Bertha
1972 · Martin Scorsese
Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde
1967 · Arthur Penn
Colonel Bogey
Colonel Bogey
1948 · Terence Fisher
“Dante’s Inferno”
“Dante’s Inferno”
1967 · Ken Russell
Hearts Divided
Hearts Divided
1936 · Frank Borzage
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Masaki Kobayashi Japan

His films like 'Kwaidan' and 'Harakiri' deeply explore the collision between traditional samurai values and modernizing Meiji society.