HAPIVERI Magazine
Learning from Masaki Kobayashi's Harakiri: Brin...
Seppuku was described as the fulfillment of a samurai's deepest wish. But were its aesthetics and honor truly sincere?
Learning from Masaki Kobayashi's Harakiri: Brin...
Seppuku was described as the fulfillment of a samurai's deepest wish. But were its aesthetics and honor truly sincere?
A Magician Weaving a Distinctive Cinematic Worl...
One director stood out with a distinctive presence in Japanese cinema during the 1950s and 1960s. His attention was always directed toward ordinary people's daily lives, and he excelled at...
A Magician Weaving a Distinctive Cinematic Worl...
One director stood out with a distinctive presence in Japanese cinema during the 1950s and 1960s. His attention was always directed toward ordinary people's daily lives, and he excelled at...
The Joys and Sorrows of a Bustling District: Yu...
Produced at Nikkatsu in 1956, Suzaki Paradise: Red Light is highly regarded as one of director Yuzo Kawashima's signature works. Set in Tokyo's Suzaki pleasure quarter shortly after the war,...
The Joys and Sorrows of a Bustling District: Yu...
Produced at Nikkatsu in 1956, Suzaki Paradise: Red Light is highly regarded as one of director Yuzo Kawashima's signature works. Set in Tokyo's Suzaki pleasure quarter shortly after the war,...
The End of an Era Through Satire and Laughter: ...
Produced by Nikkatsu in 1957, A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era shines in Japanese film history as a signature work by Yuzo Kawashima. It is set at the end...
The End of an Era Through Satire and Laughter: ...
Produced by Nikkatsu in 1957, A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era shines in Japanese film history as a signature work by Yuzo Kawashima. It is set at the end...
Kazuya Shiraishi's Visual Expression: Applying ...
Kazuya Shiraishi is a film director born in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, in 1974. His career began with independent filmmaking. He became interested in making films while at university and, after graduating...
Kazuya Shiraishi's Visual Expression: Applying ...
Kazuya Shiraishi is a film director born in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, in 1974. His career began with independent filmmaking. He became interested in making films while at university and, after graduating...
Techniques That Reveal the Inner Fire: The Esse...
The defining characteristic of director Tomu Uchida’s visual expression is its remarkable fusion of rigorously unsentimental realism with surprisingly delicate poetry. Viewers of his films are first overwhelmed by their...
Techniques That Reveal the Inner Fire: The Esse...
The defining characteristic of director Tomu Uchida’s visual expression is its remarkable fusion of rigorously unsentimental realism with surprisingly delicate poetry. Viewers of his films are first overwhelmed by their...