HAPIVERI Magazine
Junya Sato's Cinematic World: Applying Blockbus...
Director Junya Sato (1932–2019), known as “Mr. Blockbuster,” was sometimes regarded as a superficial entertainer because of his spectacular large-scale films.
Junya Sato's Cinematic World: Applying Blockbus...
Director Junya Sato (1932–2019), known as “Mr. Blockbuster,” was sometimes regarded as a superficial entertainer because of his spectacular large-scale films.
Masaki Kobayashi: Ethics, the Power of Silence,...
Masaki Kobayashi's works feature many such voiceless resisters. Within oppressive societies and unreasonable institutions, they rebel without raising their voices, calmly or silently, seeking to uphold their own ethics.
Masaki Kobayashi: Ethics, the Power of Silence,...
Masaki Kobayashi's works feature many such voiceless resisters. Within oppressive societies and unreasonable institutions, they rebel without raising their voices, calmly or silently, seeking to uphold their own ethics.
The Color Beauty of Masaki Kobayashi's Kwaidan:...
What comes to mind when you hear the words horror film? Sudden screams, dark ruins, splashes of blood? There is a film that perfects a fear within stillness, distinct from...
The Color Beauty of Masaki Kobayashi's Kwaidan:...
What comes to mind when you hear the words horror film? Sudden screams, dark ruins, splashes of blood? There is a film that perfects a fear within stillness, distinct from...
Learning from Masaki Kobayashi's Harakiri: Brin...
Seppuku was described as the fulfillment of a samurai's deepest wish. But were its aesthetics and honor truly sincere?
Learning from Masaki Kobayashi's Harakiri: Brin...
Seppuku was described as the fulfillment of a samurai's deepest wish. But were its aesthetics and honor truly sincere?
Yoichi Takabayashi’s Visual Expression and Expe...
Japanese cinema is celebrated worldwide for Akira Kurosawa’s period films and Yasujiro Ozu’s tranquil human dramas, but it also includes experimental filmmakers who pursued new visual possibilities. Among them, Yoichi...
Yoichi Takabayashi’s Visual Expression and Expe...
Japanese cinema is celebrated worldwide for Akira Kurosawa’s period films and Yasujiro Ozu’s tranquil human dramas, but it also includes experimental filmmakers who pursued new visual possibilities. Among them, Yoichi...
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.