HAPIVERI Magazine

Isao Takahata's Realism: Applying Animation's Possibilities to Video Production

Isao Takahata's Realism: Applying Animation's P...

Animation may bring spectacular action and fantastical worlds to mind. Yet a different quality runs throughout director Isao Takahata's work: realism.

Isao Takahata's Realism: Applying Animation's P...

Animation may bring spectacular action and fantastical worlds to mind. Yet a different quality runs throughout director Isao Takahata's work: realism.

The Structure of Hideyuki Hirayama’s Begging for Love: Applying Stories That Confront the Past to Video Production

The Structure of Hideyuki Hirayama’s Begging fo...

Released in 1998, Begging for Love is a moving human drama that moves between the past and present of a woman abused by her mother in childhood. Based on Harumi...

The Structure of Hideyuki Hirayama’s Begging fo...

Released in 1998, Begging for Love is a moving human drama that moves between the past and present of a woman abused by her mother in childhood. Based on Harumi...

A Master of Japanese Cinema's Golden Age: The Legacy of Director Shiro Toyoda

A Master of Japanese Cinema's Golden Age: The L...

The Ball at the Anjo House (1947) stands out in film history as one of Toyoda's signature works. In this portrayal of the decline of the upper classes during the...

A Master of Japanese Cinema's Golden Age: The L...

The Ball at the Anjo House (1947) stands out in film history as one of Toyoda's signature works. In this portrayal of the decline of the upper classes during the...