HAPIVERI Magazine

Shinji Higuchi's Special-Effects Expression: Applying Planning and Filming to Corporate Videos

Shinji Higuchi's Special-Effects Expression: Ap...

Born in 1965, Shinji Higuchi entered the film industry immediately after high school as an assistant sculpting monster suits for 1984's The Return of Godzilla. This was a golden age...

Shinji Higuchi's Special-Effects Expression: Ap...

Born in 1965, Shinji Higuchi entered the film industry immediately after high school as an assistant sculpting monster suits for 1984's The Return of Godzilla. This was a golden age...

Tatsuya Mori Confronts Social Issues: Japanese Society Seen from Minority Perspectives

Tatsuya Mori Confronts Social Issues: Japanese ...

A consistent feature of Tatsuya Mori's work is his examination of Japanese society from the perspective of social minorities and those who are excluded. This creative attitude functions not simply...

Tatsuya Mori Confronts Social Issues: Japanese ...

A consistent feature of Tatsuya Mori's work is his examination of Japanese society from the perspective of social minorities and those who are excluded. This creative attitude functions not simply...

Learning Video Direction from Shusuke Kaneko: Applying Cross-Genre Planning to Production

Learning Video Direction from Shusuke Kaneko: A...

A Driving Force of the J-Horror Boom: The Ju-On Series Opened New Forms of Fear Explore the path that established new expressions of fear in horror and created the cultural...

Learning Video Direction from Shusuke Kaneko: A...

A Driving Force of the J-Horror Boom: The Ju-On Series Opened New Forms of Fear Explore the path that established new expressions of fear in horror and created the cultural...

Yoichi Takabayashi: The Honjin Murders and Sayuri Ichijo: Following Desire — A Fusion of Mystery and Eros

Yoichi Takabayashi: The Honjin Murders and Sayu...

Cinema has different expressive methods for each genre. Yet Yoichi Takabayashi skillfully combined the seemingly opposing elements of mystery and eros to build a distinctive visual world.

Yoichi Takabayashi: The Honjin Murders and Sayu...

Cinema has different expressive methods for each genre. Yet Yoichi Takabayashi skillfully combined the seemingly opposing elements of mystery and eros to build a distinctive visual world.

It's Tough Being a Man and Japanese Identity: Why Does Tora-san Remain Beloved?

It's Tough Being a Man and Japanese Identity: W...

It's Tough Being a Man is the longest film series in Japanese cinema history, with forty-eight installments produced over twenty-six years from its first release in 1969 through 1995. Its...

It's Tough Being a Man and Japanese Identity: W...

It's Tough Being a Man is the longest film series in Japanese cinema history, with forty-eight installments produced over twenty-six years from its first release in 1969 through 1995. Its...

Makoto Shinkai's Visual Aesthetics: Emotional Landscapes in Light and Shadow

Makoto Shinkai's Visual Aesthetics: Emotional L...

Director Makoto Shinkai is known for breathtakingly beautiful landscapes and meticulously detailed background art. In his films, natural elements such as light, shadow, water, and sky sensitively express the story's...

Makoto Shinkai's Visual Aesthetics: Emotional L...

Director Makoto Shinkai is known for breathtakingly beautiful landscapes and meticulously detailed background art. In his films, natural elements such as light, shadow, water, and sky sensitively express the story's...