labor and working conditions

His films consistently document the struggles of working-class people facing unemployment, exploitation, and systemic inequality through deeply humanistic storytelling.

His work explores labor, class struggle, and capitalist exploitation through innovative narrative techniques that reveal the psychological and social dimensions of work.

His films examine class division and labor hierarchies through genre cinema, most notably in 'Parasite' and 'Snowpiercer,' which use workplace and spatial dynamics to critique economic systems.