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Lessons from the Major Works of Tatsuya Mori: Perspectives on Documentary Video Production

Lessons from the Major Works of Tatsuya Mori: P...

The work that made director Tatsuya Mori widely known was the 1998 documentary A. Centering on Hiroshi Araki, then deputy head of public relations for Aum Shinrikyo, it filmed the...

Lessons from the Major Works of Tatsuya Mori: P...

The work that made director Tatsuya Mori widely known was the 1998 documentary A. Centering on Hiroshi Araki, then deputy head of public relations for Aum Shinrikyo, it filmed the...

Tatsuya Mori’s Documentary Philosophy: Pursuing Truth and Diverse Perspectives

Tatsuya Mori’s Documentary Philosophy: Pursuing...

Known as a documentary director, Tatsuya Mori was born in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, in 1956 and is currently also active as a specially appointed professor at Meiji University. His father’s...

Tatsuya Mori’s Documentary Philosophy: Pursuing...

Known as a documentary director, Tatsuya Mori was born in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, in 1956 and is currently also active as a specially appointed professor at Meiji University. His father’s...

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...

Minoru Shibuya’s Comic Expression: Applying Cynical Humor to Video Production

Minoru Shibuya’s Comic Expression: Applying Cyn...

The history of comedy in Japanese cinema reaches back to the silent era. From the earliest motion pictures by Shozo Makino, films made audiences laugh alongside narration by benshi performers....

Minoru Shibuya’s Comic Expression: Applying Cyn...

The history of comedy in Japanese cinema reaches back to the silent era. From the earliest motion pictures by Shozo Makino, films made audiences laugh alongside narration by benshi performers....

The Darkness of Postwar Japan in Minoru Shibuya’s Social Drama “Modern People”: The Significance of a Pioneering Film about Bureaucratic Corruption

The Darkness of Postwar Japan in Minoru Shibuya...

In 1952, as the sounds of reconstruction rang across postwar Japan, one film caused a major stir: director Minoru Shibuya’s “Modern People.” This social drama, which closely traced an elite...

The Darkness of Postwar Japan in Minoru Shibuya...

In 1952, as the sounds of reconstruction rang across postwar Japan, one film caused a major stir: director Minoru Shibuya’s “Modern People.” This social drama, which closely traced an elite...

Junya Sato's Cinematic World: Applying Blockbuster Planning to Video Production

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.