THEME EXPLORATION

unification of Japan

8 films · 2 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Conflagration
Conflagration
1958 · Kon Ichikawa
The Sun's Burial
The Sun's Burial
1960 · Nagisa Oshima
The Leopard
The Leopard
1963 · Luchino Visconti
House of Bamboo
House of Bamboo
1955 · Samuel Fuller
Le Mystère Koumiko
Le Mystère Koumiko
1965 · Chris Marker
The Only Son
The Only Son
1914 · Cecil B. DeMille
Tokyo-ga
Tokyo-ga
1985 · Wim Wenders
Kidnapped
Kidnapped
2023 · Marco Bellocchio
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Masaki Kobayashi Japan

His epic historical dramas like 'Kwaidan' and 'Harakiri' deeply explore the clash between individual honor and state unification during Japan's feudal consolidation.

 Akira Kurosawa Japan

Films such as 'Ran' and 'Throne of Blood' examine power struggles and the tumultuous process of unifying fragmented domains during Japan's Sengoku period.