HAPIVERI Magazine

Learning from Ryusuke Hamaguchi's Evil Does Not Exist: Using Nature and Silence in Video Production

Learning from Ryusuke Hamaguchi's Evil Does Not...

Evil Does Not Exist is a film in which director Ryusuke Hamaguchi focuses on the relationship between nature and human society. Set in a small village, the story depicts how...

Learning from Ryusuke Hamaguchi's Evil Does Not...

Evil Does Not Exist is a film in which director Ryusuke Hamaguchi focuses on the relationship between nature and human society. Set in a small village, the story depicts how...

Learning from Drive My Car: Using Loss and Dialogue in Video Production

Learning from Drive My Car: Using Loss and Dial...

Drive My Car is based on the story of the same name in Haruki Murakami's collection Men Without Women. Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi offers his own interpretation of the source's introspective...

Learning from Drive My Car: Using Loss and Dial...

Drive My Car is based on the story of the same name in Haruki Murakami's collection Men Without Women. Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi offers his own interpretation of the source's introspective...

The Origins of Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Cinema: Applying Conversation and Silence to Video Production

The Origins of Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Cinema: Appl...

Ryusuke Hamaguchi was born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1978. Interested in stories and visual arts from an early age, he grew up surrounded by books and films. He was particularly...

The Origins of Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Cinema: Appl...

Ryusuke Hamaguchi was born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1978. Interested in stories and visual arts from an early age, he grew up surrounded by books and films. He was particularly...

Nagisa Oshima's Film Aesthetics: Exploring Expression Beyond Boundaries

Nagisa Oshima's Film Aesthetics: Exploring Expr...

Nagisa Oshima saw cinema not merely as entertainment but as a means of confronting society. Many of his films contain sharp criticism of social problems and power structures in postwar...

Nagisa Oshima's Film Aesthetics: Exploring Expr...

Nagisa Oshima saw cinema not merely as entertainment but as a means of confronting society. Many of his films contain sharp criticism of social problems and power structures in postwar...

Nagisa Oshima's Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence: Applying Cross-Cultural Expression to Video Production

Nagisa Oshima's Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence: ...

Released in 1983, Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence is one of Nagisa Oshima's signature films, distinguished by its international cast and original music. The unusual combination of David Bowie, Ryuichi Sakamoto,...

Nagisa Oshima's Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence: ...

Released in 1983, Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence is one of Nagisa Oshima's signature films, distinguished by its international cast and original music. The unusual combination of David Bowie, Ryuichi Sakamoto,...

The Visual Language of a Rebel: Kazuhiko Hasegawa's Expressive World

The Visual Language of a Rebel: Kazuhiko Hasega...

The defining feature of Kazuhiko Hasegawa's visual expression is his incisive eye for society. His camera unsparingly reveals the contradictions and distortions beneath the surface of Japanese life. The Man...

The Visual Language of a Rebel: Kazuhiko Hasega...

The defining feature of Kazuhiko Hasegawa's visual expression is his incisive eye for society. His camera unsparingly reveals the contradictions and distortions beneath the surface of Japanese life. The Man...