city vs country

His neorealist films like 'Bicycle Thieves' and 'Umberto D.' capture the harsh realities of urban poverty and the struggle between rural tradition and modern city life.

Films like 'Days of Heaven' and 'The New World' poetically explore the tension between pastoral innocence and the corrupting forces of civilization and progress.

His works including 'Still Walking' and 'Shoplifters' examine how urbanization affects family bonds and the preservation of rural community values in modern Japan.