HAPIVERI Magazine
Learning from Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Cure: Applying...
Released in 1997, Cure is a provocative work by Kiyoshi Kurosawa that shocked Japanese cinema. It unfolds from the perspective of detective Takabe (Koji Yakusho), who investigates a series of...
Learning from Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Cure: Applying...
Released in 1997, Cure is a provocative work by Kiyoshi Kurosawa that shocked Japanese cinema. It unfolds from the perspective of detective Takabe (Koji Yakusho), who investigates a series of...
The Journey of Cinema Maverick Kiyoshi Kurosawa...
Born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1955, Kiyoshi Kurosawa showed a strong interest in film from an early age. He was particularly captivated by monster movies and science-fiction films shown on...
The Journey of Cinema Maverick Kiyoshi Kurosawa...
Born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1955, Kiyoshi Kurosawa showed a strong interest in film from an early age. He was particularly captivated by monster movies and science-fiction films shown on...
Nobuhiro Yamashita's Filmmaking: Direction and ...
Director Nobuhiro Yamashita is a filmmaker who continues to pursue his own distinctive realism in Japanese cinema. By avoiding excessive direction and emphasizing characters' natural behavior and conversations, his films...
Nobuhiro Yamashita's Filmmaking: Direction and ...
Director Nobuhiro Yamashita is a filmmaker who continues to pursue his own distinctive realism in Japanese cinema. By avoiding excessive direction and emphasizing characters' natural behavior and conversations, his films...
Women in Sion Sono's Films: Applying Perspectiv...
Sion Sono's films feature many women with strong personalities. Rather than simply heroines or romantic interests, they are portrayed as people trying to establish themselves while suffering social oppression or...
Women in Sion Sono's Films: Applying Perspectiv...
Sion Sono's films feature many women with strong personalities. Rather than simply heroines or romantic interests, they are portrayed as people trying to establish themselves while suffering social oppression or...
Sion Sono's Challenge: Distortions of Religion ...
Released in 2008, Love Exposure was highly acclaimed in Japan and abroad as one of Sion Sono's signature films. Despite its four-hour length, its overwhelming pace and shocking developments left...
Sion Sono's Challenge: Distortions of Religion ...
Released in 2008, Love Exposure was highly acclaimed in Japan and abroad as one of Sion Sono's signature films. Despite its four-hour length, its overwhelming pace and shocking developments left...
Sion Sono's Cinematic World: Applying Madness a...
Sion Sono is one of Japanese cinema's most distinctive directors. With a background as a poet, he has created films that combine madness and poetry through his own visual beauty...
Sion Sono's Cinematic World: Applying Madness a...
Sion Sono is one of Japanese cinema's most distinctive directors. With a background as a poet, he has created films that combine madness and poetry through his own visual beauty...