megacity

His films extensively document the rapid urbanization and transformation of Chinese megacities, capturing the human displacement and social tensions within sprawling metropolitan landscapes.

He critiques megacity hierarchies and class divisions through visually striking compositions that use vertical architecture and crowded urban spaces as metaphors for societal stratification.

His intimate character studies are set against the isolation and anonymity of Tokyo's megacity environment, exploring how urban density paradoxically creates loneliness and human disconnection.