THEME EXPLORATION

Tokyo architecture

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Promise, Architect BV Doshi
The Promise, Architect BV Doshi
2026 · Jan Schmidt-Garre
A Castle Within a Castle
A Castle Within a Castle
1954 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
All of Myself
All of Myself
1954 · Kon Ichikawa
Architects of Ayorou
Architects of Ayorou
1970 · Jean Rouch
Beaubourg, Centre d’art et de culture Georges Pompidou
Beaubourg, Centre d’art et de culture Georges Pompidou
1977 · Roberto Rossellini
Beautiful Days
Beautiful Days
1955 · Masaki Kobayashi
Bridges-Go-Round 1
Bridges-Go-Round 1
1958 · Shirley Clarke
Drunken Angel
Drunken Angel
1948 · Akira Kurosawa
Le mura di Sana’a
Le mura di Sana’a
1971 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
Morning’s Tree-Lined Street
Morning’s Tree-Lined Street
1936 · Mikio Naruse
The Bible
The Bible
1977 · Marcel Carné
Peopling The Palaces
Peopling The Palaces
2007 · Peter Greenaway
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan

His films intimately document Tokyo's urban spaces and how architecture shapes family life and human relationships across different neighborhoods.

 Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan

His meticulous visual compositions treat Tokyo's built environment as a character itself, exploring how modern architecture reflects memory and displacement.

 Nagisa Oshima Japan

His radical films use Tokyo's urban landscape and architectural contrasts to critique postwar Japanese society and modernization.