u/suupaahiiroo

I'm here to recommend some films here and also to ask for recommendations.

I've seen a handful of movies set in Japan at the end of the 19th and start of the 20th century. Many of these show the Japanese countryside, filmed on location, and are about the struggles of ordinary people in a rapidly modernizing world. All of these movies have gorgeous cinematography.

Some of the movies I really enjoyed:

• Bamboo Doll of Echizen (Yoshimura Kōzaburō, 1963)
• The Life of Chikuzan (Shindō Kaneto, 1977)
• Ballad of Orin (Shinoda Masahiro, 1977)
• The Wanderers (Kon Ichikawa, 1973)
• Fireflies in the North (Gosha Hideo, 1984)
• Oh! The Nomugi Pass (Yamamoto Satsuo, 1979)
• Lake of Tears (Tasaka Tomotaka, 1966)
• A Story from Echigo (Imai Tadashi, 1964)
• The Temple of Wilde Geese (Kawashima Yūzō, 1962)
• Seisaku's Wife (Masumura Yasuzō, 1965)

I recommend all of these films, and would like to ask if anyone knows any similar films.