Tokugawa period

His masterpiece 'Kwaidan' and 'Harakiri' profoundly explore the rigid codes, honor systems, and moral conflicts of the samurai class during the Tokugawa period's rigid feudal hierarchy.

His films like 'The Crucified Lovers' and 'A Story from Chikamatsu' are set in Tokugawa-era Japan and examine personal desire against strict social constraints and class divisions of the period.