HAPIVERI Magazine
Mikio Naruse (2): The Aesthetics Within Everyda...
Mikio Naruse's films rarely feature flashy direction or attention-grabbing, unusual scenes. What he portrayed instead was everyday life. Families around a dining table, a woman walking through an aging neighborhood,...
Mikio Naruse (2): The Aesthetics Within Everyda...
Mikio Naruse's films rarely feature flashy direction or attention-grabbing, unusual scenes. What he portrayed instead was everyday life. Families around a dining table, a woman walking through an aging neighborhood,...
Mikio Naruse (1): The Path of a Quiet Master—Hi...
Film history has many directors described as masters, but Mikio Naruse was one who left a quiet yet unmistakable mark. Born in Tokyo in 1905, he was forced by family...
Mikio Naruse (1): The Path of a Quiet Master—Hi...
Film history has many directors described as masters, but Mikio Naruse was one who left a quiet yet unmistakable mark. Born in Tokyo in 1905, he was forced by family...
Kenji Mizoguchi's Long-Take Direction: Applying...
The most distinctive feature of Kenji Mizoguchi's films is his use of long takes. By keeping the camera rolling without cutting, he depicts characters' natural movements and the breadth of...
Kenji Mizoguchi's Long-Take Direction: Applying...
The most distinctive feature of Kenji Mizoguchi's films is his use of long takes. By keeping the camera rolling without cutting, he depicts characters' natural movements and the breadth of...
The Mysterious Beauty of Kenji Mizoguchi's Uget...
Ugetsu is Kenji Mizoguchi's adaptation of Akinari Ueda's supernatural literature, shaped by his distinctive aesthetic sensibility. Set in a time of war, it follows people driven by desire in pursuit...
The Mysterious Beauty of Kenji Mizoguchi's Uget...
Ugetsu is Kenji Mizoguchi's adaptation of Akinari Ueda's supernatural literature, shaped by his distinctive aesthetic sensibility. Set in a time of war, it follows people driven by desire in pursuit...
Kenji Mizoguchi (2): Confronting the Injustices...
Released in 1936, Sisters of the Gion portrays the fate of two sisters living as geisha in Kyoto's Gion district. The older sister, Umekichi, values tradition and chooses a life...
Kenji Mizoguchi (2): Confronting the Injustices...
Released in 1936, Sisters of the Gion portrays the fate of two sisters living as geisha in Kyoto's Gion district. The older sister, Umekichi, values tradition and chooses a life...
Kenji Mizoguchi (1): The Origins of a Master Wh...
Kenji Mizoguchi was born in Ginza, Tokyo in 1898. He spent his early childhood in a relatively affluent household, but the failure of his father's business dramatically changed his life....
Kenji Mizoguchi (1): The Origins of a Master Wh...
Kenji Mizoguchi was born in Ginza, Tokyo in 1898. He spent his early childhood in a relatively affluent household, but the failure of his father's business dramatically changed his life....