HAPIVERI Magazine

Lessons from Tadashi Imai's Tower of the Lilies: Applying Memory to Educational Video

Lessons from Tadashi Imai's Tower of the Lilies...

Released by director Tadashi Imai in 1953, Tower of the Lilies possesses an especially powerful "magnetic field of memory" in Japanese film history. Based on the true story of the...

Lessons from Tadashi Imai's Tower of the Lilies...

Released by director Tadashi Imai in 1953, Tower of the Lilies possesses an especially powerful "magnetic field of memory" in Japanese film history. Based on the true story of the...

Learning from Yoshihiro Nishimura's Helldriver: Bringing Special Effects into Video Planning

Learning from Yoshihiro Nishimura's Helldriver:...

Helldriver is a zombie action film made in 2010 by Yoshihiro Nishimura, who gained worldwide attention with Tokyo Gore Police, and released in Japan on July 23, 2011. Characterized by...

Learning from Yoshihiro Nishimura's Helldriver:...

Helldriver is a zombie action film made in 2010 by Yoshihiro Nishimura, who gained worldwide attention with Tokyo Gore Police, and released in Japan on July 23, 2011. Characterized by...

The Road to Creativity and Innovation: Yoshihiro Nishimura's Early Life and Journey

The Road to Creativity and Innovation: Yoshihir...

Yoshihiro Nishimura was born in a small Kyushu town in the early 1960s. Interested in art and crafts from childhood, he consistently created original work in elementary-school art classes. His...

The Road to Creativity and Innovation: Yoshihir...

Yoshihiro Nishimura was born in a small Kyushu town in the early 1960s. Interested in art and crafts from childhood, he consistently created original work in elementary-school art classes. His...

Azuma Morisaki's Film Philosophy: The Essence of Angry Drama Behind a Comedy Mask

Azuma Morisaki's Film Philosophy: The Essence o...

The concept of 'angry drama' is indispensable to discussing Azuma Morisaki's films. Although major works such as Kigeki: Tokudashi Himo Tengoku and Kigeki: Onna wa Dokyo have the word comedy...

Azuma Morisaki's Film Philosophy: The Essence o...

The concept of 'angry drama' is indispensable to discussing Azuma Morisaki's films. Although major works such as Kigeki: Tokudashi Himo Tengoku and Kigeki: Onna wa Dokyo have the word comedy...

Lessons from Azuma Morisaki's A Woman's Guts: Applying the Power of Character to Corporate Videos

Lessons from Azuma Morisaki's A Woman's Guts: A...

” is an exhilarating comedy on the theme of women's courage. It won enthusiastic support from audiences at the time by powerfully portraying, with humor, a woman who confronts the...

Lessons from Azuma Morisaki's A Woman's Guts: A...

” is an exhilarating comedy on the theme of women's courage. It won enthusiastic support from audiences at the time by powerfully portraying, with humor, a woman who confronts the...

Azuma Morisaki’s Kigeki: Tokudashi Himo Tengoku — Social Satire Beneath the Laughter

Azuma Morisaki’s Kigeki: Tokudashi Himo Tengoku...

Azuma Morisaki stood out in Japanese cinema in the 1960s. One of his major works, Kigeki: Tokudashi Himo Tengoku (1960), appears at first to be simple slapstick but contains incisive...

Azuma Morisaki’s Kigeki: Tokudashi Himo Tengoku...

Azuma Morisaki stood out in Japanese cinema in the 1960s. One of his major works, Kigeki: Tokudashi Himo Tengoku (1960), appears at first to be simple slapstick but contains incisive...