HAPIVERI Magazine
Filmmaking That Peers into the Abyss: Shohei Im...
What first comes to mind when you hear the name Shohei Imamura? His films portray people living at the bottom of society and ask questions that approach the essence of...
Filmmaking That Peers into the Abyss: Shohei Im...
What first comes to mind when you hear the name Shohei Imamura? His films portray people living at the bottom of society and ask questions that approach the essence of...
Shohei Imamura’s Realism: Applying Wartime Expe...
Are you familiar with Shohei Imamura? He was a director highly acclaimed in Japan and abroad as a master of realism in Japanese cinema. Looking at his life shows how...
Shohei Imamura’s Realism: Applying Wartime Expe...
Are you familiar with Shohei Imamura? He was a director highly acclaimed in Japan and abroad as a master of realism in Japanese cinema. Looking at his life shows how...
Teinosuke Kinugasa’s Directing Aesthetics: Appl...
Teinosuke Kinugasa’s experience as a Kabuki onnagata, a performer of female roles, strongly underlies his directing style. Kabuki’s influence is particularly evident in his emphasis on stylized beauty in emotional...
Teinosuke Kinugasa’s Directing Aesthetics: Appl...
Teinosuke Kinugasa’s experience as a Kabuki onnagata, a performer of female roles, strongly underlies his directing style. Kabuki’s influence is particularly evident in his emphasis on stylized beauty in emotional...
A Page of Madness, a Landmark of Avant-Garde Ci...
Produced in 1926, A Page of Madness, originally titled Kyoso no Chi, is an avant-garde silent film made by Teinosuke Kinugasa in collaboration with Yasunari Kawabata and other writers of...
A Page of Madness, a Landmark of Avant-Garde Ci...
Produced in 1926, A Page of Madness, originally titled Kyoso no Chi, is an avant-garde silent film made by Teinosuke Kinugasa in collaboration with Yasunari Kawabata and other writers of...
Color and Lighting in Gate of Hell: Shaping Imp...
Released in 1953, Gate of Hell was Teinosuke Kinugasa’s first color film. Using Eastmancolor, it beautifully combined traditional Japanese aesthetics with the latest film technology. Its treatment of colors in...
Color and Lighting in Gate of Hell: Shaping Imp...
Released in 1953, Gate of Hell was Teinosuke Kinugasa’s first color film. Using Eastmancolor, it beautifully combined traditional Japanese aesthetics with the latest film technology. Its treatment of colors in...
Yoichi Sai's Cinematic Aesthetics
Director Yoichi Sai is known for depicting themes that lie deep within Japanese society. His films portray the reality of everyday life and complex human emotions in meticulous detail. By...
Yoichi Sai's Cinematic Aesthetics
Director Yoichi Sai is known for depicting themes that lie deep within Japanese society. His films portray the reality of everyday life and complex human emotions in meticulous detail. By...