life cycles

His films intimately chronicle the passage of time through family relationships, aging, and generational change, as seen in works like 'Tokyo Story' and 'Broker'.

He explores life cycles through his 'Before' trilogy and 'Boyhood', capturing how people evolve, age, and transform across decades of relationships and self-discovery.

Her documentary and narrative work reflects on mortality, memory, and the cyclical nature of existence, particularly in her later reflective films like 'Vagabond' and 'Faces Places'.