ritual ceremony

His films treat spiritual and temporal experiences as sacred rituals, with long takes and deliberate pacing that transform viewing itself into a meditative ceremony.

His work obsessively explores Shinto rituals, ceremonial spaces, and the ritualistic nature of human behavior, particularly in *Mononoke Hime* and his documentary work.

He documents and dramatizes humanity's compulsion toward ritualistic behavior and spiritual ceremony, from indigenous cultures to obsessive personal quests, revealing the sacred within the mundane.