HAPIVERI Magazine

A Visual Aesthetic Where Laughter and Tears Coexist: The World of “Goshoism” Created by Heinosuke Gosho

A Visual Aesthetic Where Laughter and Tears Coe...

The films of Heinosuke Gosho (1902–1981), who left an indelible mark on Japanese film history, possess a worldview unlike that of any other director. Known as “Goshoism,” his style portrays...

A Visual Aesthetic Where Laughter and Tears Coe...

The films of Heinosuke Gosho (1902–1981), who left an indelible mark on Japanese film history, possess a worldview unlike that of any other director. Known as “Goshoism,” his style portrays...

A Pioneer Who Revolutionized Japanese Cinema: Heinosuke Gosho's Talkie The Neighbor's Wife and Mine Opens a New Era

A Pioneer Who Revolutionized Japanese Cinema: H...

Born on January 24, 1902, in Nabemachi, Kanda, Tokyo, now Uchikanda in Chiyoda, Heinosuke Gosho remains beloved by film fans and scholars as a master who left a brilliant mark...

A Pioneer Who Revolutionized Japanese Cinema: H...

Born on January 24, 1902, in Nabemachi, Kanda, Tokyo, now Uchikanda in Chiyoda, Heinosuke Gosho remains beloved by film fans and scholars as a master who left a brilliant mark...

A Legacy in Film History: Yasujiro Shimazu's Films and Their Lineage

A Legacy in Film History: Yasujiro Shimazu's Fi...

Yasujiro Shimazu, one of the directors who supported Japanese cinema's golden age, was born in 1897 and left more than eighty works before his death in 1945 at the young...

A Legacy in Film History: Yasujiro Shimazu's Fi...

Yasujiro Shimazu, one of the directors who supported Japanese cinema's golden age, was born in 1897 and left more than eighty works before his death in 1945 at the young...

The Birth of a Classic: Our Neighbor, Miss Yae and the Appeal of Shimazu's Cinema

The Birth of a Classic: Our Neighbor, Miss Yae ...

In 1934, the ninth year of Showa, a lasting classic of Japanese cinema was born: Yasujiro Shimazu's Our Neighbor, Miss Yae.

The Birth of a Classic: Our Neighbor, Miss Yae ...

In 1934, the ninth year of Showa, a lasting classic of Japanese cinema was born: Yasujiro Shimazu's Our Neighbor, Miss Yae.

A Pioneer of Everyday-Life Cinema: Yasujiro Shimazu and the Establishment of a Distinctive Film Style

A Pioneer of Everyday-Life Cinema: Yasujiro Shi...

In Japanese film history, the term shoshimin eiga, or lower-middle-class everyday-life cinema, is an important marker of a particular time and place.

A Pioneer of Everyday-Life Cinema: Yasujiro Shi...

In Japanese film history, the term shoshimin eiga, or lower-middle-class everyday-life cinema, is an important marker of a particular time and place.

Yasujiro Shimazu's Realist Direction: Applying Everyday Depiction to Corporate Videos

Yasujiro Shimazu's Realist Direction: Applying ...

Yasujiro Shimazu, a master who left a lasting mark on Japanese film history, was born on June 3, 1897, into the family of a seafood merchant in Kanda, Tokyo. His...

Yasujiro Shimazu's Realist Direction: Applying ...

Yasujiro Shimazu, a master who left a lasting mark on Japanese film history, was born on June 3, 1897, into the family of a seafood merchant in Kanda, Tokyo. His...