salaryman culture

His films like 'After the Storm' and 'Still Walking' intimately examine the emotional lives, regrets, and family dynamics of aging salarymen and their struggles between work and personal fulfillment.

His masterpiece 'The Human Condition' trilogy is a devastating critique of institutional conformity and the dehumanizing nature of salaryman existence within corporate and military hierarchies.

His filmography, particularly 'Tokyo Story' and 'Late Autumn,' poetically captures the quiet melancholy of salarymen's daily routines, generational conflicts, and the tension between duty and desire.