THEME EXPLORATION

modernization in China

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Farewell My Concubine
Farewell My Concubine
1993 · Chen Kaige
Earth
Earth
1930 · Alexander Dovzhenko
The Assassin
The Assassin
2015 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
The Last Samurai
The Last Samurai
2003 · Edward Zwick
24 City
24 City
2008 · Jia Zhangke
Broads
Broads
1989 · Christian Petzold
Dracula
Dracula
2026 · Radu Jude
All the King’s Men
All the King’s Men
1983 · King Hu
Dimanche à Pekin
Dimanche à Pekin
1956 · Chris Marker
Death to the Invader
Death to the Invader
1961 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Le mura di Sana’a
Le mura di Sana’a
1971 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
Japan and the Japanese
Japan and the Japanese
1970 · Kon Ichikawa
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Jia Zhangke China

His films chronicle the social upheaval and displacement caused by rapid industrialization and urbanization in contemporary China.

 Zhang Yimou China

He explores the tension between traditional Chinese culture and modernization through visually stunning narratives spanning rural and urban transformation.