HAPIVERI Magazine

Tatsuya Mori’s Documentary Philosophy: Pursuing Truth and Diverse Perspectives

Tatsuya Mori’s Documentary Philosophy: Pursuing...

Known as a documentary director, Tatsuya Mori was born in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, in 1956 and is currently also active as a specially appointed professor at Meiji University. His father’s...

Tatsuya Mori’s Documentary Philosophy: Pursuing...

Known as a documentary director, Tatsuya Mori was born in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, in 1956 and is currently also active as a specially appointed professor at Meiji University. His father’s...

A Visual Language Crossing Borders: International Recognition of Kiju Yoshida and His Contribution to Film History

A Visual Language Crossing Borders: Internation...

Kiju Yoshida occupies a unique place in Japanese film history. Alongside Nagisa Oshima and Masahiro Shinoda, he is essential to any discussion of the 1960s Japanese New Wave, and his...

A Visual Language Crossing Borders: Internation...

Kiju Yoshida occupies a unique place in Japanese film history. Alongside Nagisa Oshima and Masahiro Shinoda, he is essential to any discussion of the 1960s Japanese New Wave, and his...

Lessons from Three Yoshishige Yoshida Masterpieces: Applying Ideas and Composition to Video Production

Lessons from Three Yoshishige Yoshida Masterpie...

“Akitsu Springs” (1962) marked a turning point in Yoshishige Yoshida’s filmography. Made late in his years at Shochiku, this literary romance is celebrated as a tragic love story between Shinko,...

Lessons from Three Yoshishige Yoshida Masterpie...

“Akitsu Springs” (1962) marked a turning point in Yoshishige Yoshida’s filmography. Made late in his years at Shochiku, this literary romance is celebrated as a tragic love story between Shinko,...

Kiju Yoshida’s Visual Aesthetics: Applying Anti-Melodramatic Composition and Editing to Video Production

Kiju Yoshida’s Visual Aesthetics: Applying Anti...

Above all, master Japanese filmmaker Kiju Yoshida’s work is defined by an approach called “anti-melodrama.” When emotionally directed “weepers” were commercially successful in Shochiku’s late-1950s and 1960s golden age of...

Kiju Yoshida’s Visual Aesthetics: Applying Anti...

Above all, master Japanese filmmaker Kiju Yoshida’s work is defined by an approach called “anti-melodrama.” When emotionally directed “weepers” were commercially successful in Shochiku’s late-1950s and 1960s golden age of...

Learning Video Direction from Shusuke Kaneko: Applying Cross-Genre Planning to Production

Learning Video Direction from Shusuke Kaneko: A...

A Driving Force of the J-Horror Boom: The Ju-On Series Opened New Forms of Fear Explore the path that established new expressions of fear in horror and created the cultural...

Learning Video Direction from Shusuke Kaneko: A...

A Driving Force of the J-Horror Boom: The Ju-On Series Opened New Forms of Fear Explore the path that established new expressions of fear in horror and created the cultural...

Shusuke Kaneko's Horror Direction: Applying Composition and Lighting to Video Production

Shusuke Kaneko's Horror Direction: Applying Com...

In the early twenty-first century, Japanese horror created a worldwide boom. One central presence was the 'Ju-On' series by director Shusuke Kaneko. Known as an innovator in tokusatsu cinema, Kaneko...

Shusuke Kaneko's Horror Direction: Applying Com...

In the early twenty-first century, Japanese horror created a worldwide boom. One central presence was the 'Ju-On' series by director Shusuke Kaneko. Known as an innovator in tokusatsu cinema, Kaneko...