HAPIVERI Magazine
Director Shusuke Kaneko's Visual Language: Inno...
Director Shusuke Kaneko is known in Japanese cinema as an innovator in special-effects filmmaking. The Heisei Gamera series of the 1990s overturned established ideas about the genre and opened new...
Director Shusuke Kaneko's Visual Language: Inno...
Director Shusuke Kaneko is known in Japanese cinema as an innovator in special-effects filmmaking. The Heisei Gamera series of the 1990s overturned established ideas about the genre and opened new...
Japan's Landscapes and Memories of Youth: Koich...
Japan in the early 1970s was approaching the end of its period of rapid economic growth. The oil crisis of 1973 began to break the myth of uninterrupted expansion, and...
Japan's Landscapes and Memories of Youth: Koich...
Japan in the early 1970s was approaching the end of its period of rapid economic growth. The oil crisis of 1973 began to break the myth of uninterrupted expansion, and...
Minoru Shibuya’s Comic Expression: Applying Cyn...
The history of comedy in Japanese cinema reaches back to the silent era. From the earliest motion pictures by Shozo Makino, films made audiences laugh alongside narration by benshi performers....
Minoru Shibuya’s Comic Expression: Applying Cyn...
The history of comedy in Japanese cinema reaches back to the silent era. From the earliest motion pictures by Shozo Makino, films made audiences laugh alongside narration by benshi performers....
The Darkness of Postwar Japan in Minoru Shibuya...
In 1952, as the sounds of reconstruction rang across postwar Japan, one film caused a major stir: director Minoru Shibuya’s “Modern People.” This social drama, which closely traced an elite...
The Darkness of Postwar Japan in Minoru Shibuya...
In 1952, as the sounds of reconstruction rang across postwar Japan, one film caused a major stir: director Minoru Shibuya’s “Modern People.” This social drama, which closely traced an elite...
Reassessing Director Minoru Shibuya: Applying C...
The Japanese film industry of the 1950s truly deserved to be called a golden age. Along with postwar reconstruction, cinema flourished, and studios competed to release masterpieces. Shochiku stood at...
Reassessing Director Minoru Shibuya: Applying C...
The Japanese film industry of the 1950s truly deserved to be called a golden age. Along with postwar reconstruction, cinema flourished, and studios competed to release masterpieces. Shochiku stood at...
Kei Kumai’s International Reputation: Applying ...
Kei Kumai’s high international standing is a notable chapter in Japanese film history. From the 1970s through the 1990s, his films won awards at major festivals around the world, including...
Kei Kumai’s International Reputation: Applying ...
Kei Kumai’s high international standing is a notable chapter in Japanese film history. From the 1970s through the 1990s, his films won awards at major festivals around the world, including...