hidden supernatural world

His films like *Pan's Labyrinth* and *The Shape of Water* seamlessly blend the supernatural with reality, creating richly layered worlds where magic operates beneath the surface of everyday life.

Films such as *Hereditary* and *Midsommar* expose hidden supernatural forces lurking within family dynamics and cultural rituals, revealing disturbing occult dimensions to seemingly normal communities.

In works like *After Life* and *Shoplifters*, Koreeda explores metaphysical and supernatural elements woven into intimate human relationships and the spaces between the living and spiritual worlds.