HAPIVERI Magazine
Go Shibata's Visual Expression: Bringing Indepe...
Go Shibata was born in 1975 in a small town in Tohoku. He came from an ordinary salaried household, with both parents working at local small and medium-sized companies. Curious...
Go Shibata's Visual Expression: Bringing Indepe...
Go Shibata was born in 1975 in a small town in Tohoku. He came from an ordinary salaried household, with both parents working at local small and medium-sized companies. Curious...
Azuma Morisaki's Film Expression: Applying Char...
Director Azuma Morisaki (1927–2020) continually portrayed the harshness and dignity of human life. His incisive films about people at society's bottom originated in his own harrowing childhood. He later said...
Azuma Morisaki's Film Expression: Applying Char...
Director Azuma Morisaki (1927–2020) continually portrayed the harshness and dignity of human life. His incisive films about people at society's bottom originated in his own harrowing childhood. He later said...
Beyond the Camera: Kinuyo Tanaka’s Film Philoso...
Beyond the Camera: Kinuyo Tanaka’s Film Philosophy and Commitment to Directing From Actress to Director: An Exceptional Transition Kinuyo Tanaka left a distinguished legacy as the first female director in...
Beyond the Camera: Kinuyo Tanaka’s Film Philoso...
Beyond the Camera: Kinuyo Tanaka’s Film Philosophy and Commitment to Directing From Actress to Director: An Exceptional Transition Kinuyo Tanaka left a distinguished legacy as the first female director in...
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...
A Kingdom of Boys: The Formative Landscape of K...
Produced in 1981 as Kazuyuki Izutsu’s feature debut, Empire of Kids is a strongly autobiographical film based on the director’s own childhood experiences. Set in Osaka’s Ikuno district in the...
A Kingdom of Boys: The Formative Landscape of K...
Produced in 1981 as Kazuyuki Izutsu’s feature debut, Empire of Kids is a strongly autobiographical film based on the director’s own childhood experiences. Set in Osaka’s Ikuno district in the...
Learning from Kazuyuki Izutsu's Pacchigi!: Brin...
Released in 2004, Kazuyuki Izutsu's Pacchigi! is a coming-of-age drama set in Kyoto in 1968, depicting conflict and interaction between Korean residents of Japan and Japanese high school students. Pacchigi...
Learning from Kazuyuki Izutsu's Pacchigi!: Brin...
Released in 2004, Kazuyuki Izutsu's Pacchigi! is a coming-of-age drama set in Kyoto in 1968, depicting conflict and interaction between Korean residents of Japan and Japanese high school students. Pacchigi...