HAPIVERI Magazine
Reality Through Ordinary People’s Eyes: Kazuyuk...
One of the most distinctive forms of expression in Kazuyuki Izutsu’s films is his light, witty dialogue using Kansai dialect, particularly the Osaka variety. By vividly recreating the language of...
Reality Through Ordinary People’s Eyes: Kazuyuk...
One of the most distinctive forms of expression in Kazuyuki Izutsu’s films is his light, witty dialogue using Kansai dialect, particularly the Osaka variety. By vividly recreating the language of...
Learning from Masaki Kobayashi's The Human Cond...
Masaki Kobayashi was one of postwar Japanese cinema's most committed seekers of conscience and ethics. He was a director who confronted war's inhumanity without evasion, inscribing it directly onto the...
Learning from Masaki Kobayashi's The Human Cond...
Masaki Kobayashi was one of postwar Japanese cinema's most committed seekers of conscience and ethics. He was a director who confronted war's inhumanity without evasion, inscribing it directly onto the...
A Story of Swords and Humanity: The Essence of ...
Released between 1961 and 1962, director Tomu Uchida’s five-part Miyamoto Musashi series remains highly regarded as a pinnacle of period cinema adapting Eiji Yoshikawa’s novel. The commanding presence of its...
A Story of Swords and Humanity: The Essence of ...
Released between 1961 and 1962, director Tomu Uchida’s five-part Miyamoto Musashi series remains highly regarded as a pinnacle of period cinema adapting Eiji Yoshikawa’s novel. The commanding presence of its...
New Forms of Historical Cinema: Human Drama in ...
Historical works in Japanese cinema have taken many forms, including period dramas and biographical films. Director Keishi Otomo, however, depicts history and human drama through new perspectives and visual expression,...
New Forms of Historical Cinema: Human Drama in ...
Historical works in Japanese cinema have taken many forms, including period dramas and biographical films. Director Keishi Otomo, however, depicts history and human drama through new perspectives and visual expression,...
Kozaburo Yoshimura's Encounter with Cinema: App...
Born in 1911, the forty-fourth year of Meiji, as the second son of a long-established Kyoto kimono shop, Kozaburo Yoshimura grew up in an artistic environment. A life surrounded by...
Kozaburo Yoshimura's Encounter with Cinema: App...
Born in 1911, the forty-fourth year of Meiji, as the second son of a long-established Kyoto kimono shop, Kozaburo Yoshimura grew up in an artistic environment. A life surrounded by...
Daisuke Ito's A Diary of Chuji's Travels: A Mas...
A Diary of Chuji's Travels is a silent film directed by Daisuke Ito and released in 1927. A groundbreaking success in Japanese cinema at the time, it is credited with...
Daisuke Ito's A Diary of Chuji's Travels: A Mas...
A Diary of Chuji's Travels is a silent film directed by Daisuke Ito and released in 1927. A groundbreaking success in Japanese cinema at the time, it is credited with...