HAPIVERI Magazine

An Ending Hidden in Everyday Life: The Melancholy and Hope Yoshihiro Nakamura Weaves in See You Tomorrow, Everyone

An Ending Hidden in Everyday Life: The Melancho...

Released in 2013, Yoshihiro Nakamura's See You Tomorrow, Everyone begins with a seemingly outlandish premise. After his elementary school graduation ceremony, the protagonist Satoru (Gaku Hamada) declares, “I will spend...

An Ending Hidden in Everyday Life: The Melancho...

Released in 2013, Yoshihiro Nakamura's See You Tomorrow, Everyone begins with a seemingly outlandish premise. After his elementary school graduation ceremony, the protagonist Satoru (Gaku Hamada) declares, “I will spend...

The Camera Does Not Lie: Director Masaharu Take's Visual Aesthetics and Creative Philosophy

The Camera Does Not Lie: Director Masaharu Take...

At the heart of Masaharu Take's filmmaking is a firm belief that "the camera does not lie." This is more than a slogan; it is the creative philosophy running through...

The Camera Does Not Lie: Director Masaharu Take...

At the heart of Masaharu Take's filmmaking is a firm belief that "the camera does not lie." This is more than a slogan; it is the creative philosophy running through...

The Story of Renewal in 100 Yen Love: Masaharu Take's Question of Human Dignity

The Story of Renewal in 100 Yen Love: Masaharu ...

The Story of Renewal in 100 Yen Love: Masaharu Take's Question of Human Dignity A Woman's Renewal as She Rises from the Bottom Released by director Masaharu Take in 2014,...

The Story of Renewal in 100 Yen Love: Masaharu ...

The Story of Renewal in 100 Yen Love: Masaharu Take's Question of Human Dignity A Woman's Renewal as She Rises from the Bottom Released by director Masaharu Take in 2014,...

The Height of Masaharu Take's Realism in Underdog

The Height of Masaharu Take's Realism in Underdog

Released by director Masaharu Take in 2020, Underdog remains fresh in memory as a film that delivered a new shock to Japanese cinema. It tells the story of a man...

The Height of Masaharu Take's Realism in Underdog

Released by director Masaharu Take in 2020, Underdog remains fresh in memory as a film that delivered a new shock to Japanese cinema. It tells the story of a man...

From Obscurity to a Revolutionary Voice in Japanese Cinema: Masaharu Take's Origins and Journey

From Obscurity to a Revolutionary Voice in Japa...

Masaharu Take was born in Aichi Prefecture in 1967. Familiar with cinema from childhood, he was particularly influenced by Akira Kurosawa's films, which he saw as a boy. Being captivated...

From Obscurity to a Revolutionary Voice in Japa...

Masaharu Take was born in Aichi Prefecture in 1967. Familiar with cinema from childhood, he was particularly influenced by Akira Kurosawa's films, which he saw as a boy. Being captivated...

A Story of Returning to Origins: The Source of Creation in Go Shibata's The Beginning of Things

A Story of Returning to Origins: The Source of ...

Presented in 2023 as the centerpiece of the Return to the Future exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Go Shibata's The Beginning of Things is regarded as an...

A Story of Returning to Origins: The Source of ...

Presented in 2023 as the centerpiece of the Return to the Future exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Go Shibata's The Beginning of Things is regarded as an...