THEME EXPLORATION

postwar Japan reconstruction

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Conflagration
Conflagration
1958 · Kon Ichikawa
The Sun's Burial
The Sun's Burial
1960 · Nagisa Oshima
Tokyo Story
Tokyo Story
1953 · Yasujirō Ozu
Harakiri
Harakiri
1962 · Masaki Kobayashi
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
2005 · Peter Greenaway
Orpheus
Orpheus
1950 · Jean Cocteau
LA PALOMA
LA PALOMA
2026 · Lu Yuan-chi
A Castle Within a Castle
A Castle Within a Castle
1954 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
Anni difficili (Difficult Years) (Luigi Zampa
Anni difficili (Difficult Years) (Luigi Zampa
1948 · Mauro Bolognini
Couleur du temps. Berlin, Août 1945
Couleur du temps. Berlin, Août 1945
1987 · Jean Rouch
For Better, for Worse
For Better, for Worse
1954 · J. Lee Thompson
House of Bamboo
House of Bamboo
1955 · Samuel Fuller
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Akira Kurosawa Japan

His films like 'No Regrets for Our Youth' and 'Ikiru' directly depict the struggle, moral ambiguity, and resilience of ordinary Japanese citizens rebuilding their lives in postwar society.

 Masaki Kobayashi Japan

His epic works including 'The Human Condition' trilogy powerfully explore the physical and spiritual devastation of war and the difficult process of rebuilding identity and society in postwar Japan.