HAPIVERI Magazine
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?
Learning from Masaki Kobayashi's The Human Cond...
Masaki Kobayashi was one of postwar Japanese cinema's most committed seekers of conscience and ethics. He was a director who confronted war's inhumanity without evasion, inscribing it directly onto the...
Learning from Masaki Kobayashi's The Human Cond...
Masaki Kobayashi was one of postwar Japanese cinema's most committed seekers of conscience and ethics. He was a director who confronted war's inhumanity without evasion, inscribing it directly onto the...
The Joys and Sorrows of a Bustling District: Yu...
Produced at Nikkatsu in 1956, Suzaki Paradise: Red Light is highly regarded as one of director Yuzo Kawashima's signature works. Set in Tokyo's Suzaki pleasure quarter shortly after the war,...
The Joys and Sorrows of a Bustling District: Yu...
Produced at Nikkatsu in 1956, Suzaki Paradise: Red Light is highly regarded as one of director Yuzo Kawashima's signature works. Set in Tokyo's Suzaki pleasure quarter shortly after the war,...
The End of an Era Through Satire and Laughter: ...
Produced by Nikkatsu in 1957, A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era shines in Japanese film history as a signature work by Yuzo Kawashima. It is set at the end...
The End of an Era Through Satire and Laughter: ...
Produced by Nikkatsu in 1957, A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era shines in Japanese film history as a signature work by Yuzo Kawashima. It is set at the end...
The Interplay of Darkness and Light: The Appeal...
Tomu Uchida's Twilight Saloon, produced at Toho in 1955, has earned a place in film history as an important work reflecting the chaotic social conditions of postwar Japan. Set in...
The Interplay of Darkness and Light: The Appeal...
Tomu Uchida's Twilight Saloon, produced at Toho in 1955, has earned a place in film history as an important work reflecting the chaotic social conditions of postwar Japan. Set in...