HAPIVERI Magazine
Yoichi Takabayashi: The Honjin Murders and Sayu...
Cinema has different expressive methods for each genre. Yet Yoichi Takabayashi skillfully combined the seemingly opposing elements of mystery and eros to build a distinctive visual world.
Yoichi Takabayashi: The Honjin Murders and Sayu...
Cinema has different expressive methods for each genre. Yet Yoichi Takabayashi skillfully combined the seemingly opposing elements of mystery and eros to build a distinctive visual 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...
Isao Takahata's Everyday Portrayals: Applying A...
<p>Animation may suggest fantasy worlds or grand adventures to many people. Isao Takahata, however, distinguished himself from such spectacular direction by remaining committed to depicting everyday life itself.</p>
Isao Takahata's Everyday Portrayals: Applying A...
<p>Animation may suggest fantasy worlds or grand adventures to many people. Isao Takahata, however, distinguished himself from such spectacular direction by remaining committed to depicting everyday life itself.</p>
It's Tough Being a Man and Japanese Identity: W...
It's Tough Being a Man is the longest film series in Japanese cinema history, with forty-eight installments produced over twenty-six years from its first release in 1969 through 1995. Its...
It's Tough Being a Man and Japanese Identity: W...
It's Tough Being a Man is the longest film series in Japanese cinema history, with forty-eight installments produced over twenty-six years from its first release in 1969 through 1995. Its...
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...
Shunji Iwai's Portrayal of Youth: Bringing Grow...
Director Shunji Iwai's films delicately portray the emotional fluctuations unique to adolescence, the process of growing up, and the pain of loss. Taking time and memory as their themes, his...
Shunji Iwai's Portrayal of Youth: Bringing Grow...
Director Shunji Iwai's films delicately portray the emotional fluctuations unique to adolescence, the process of growing up, and the pain of loss. Taking time and memory as their themes, his...