HAPIVERI Magazine
Lessons from Three Yoshishige Yoshida Masterpie...
“Akitsu Springs” (1962) marked a turning point in Yoshishige Yoshida’s filmography. Made late in his years at Shochiku, this literary romance is celebrated as a tragic love story between Shinko,...
Lessons from Three Yoshishige Yoshida Masterpie...
“Akitsu Springs” (1962) marked a turning point in Yoshishige Yoshida’s filmography. Made late in his years at Shochiku, this literary romance is celebrated as a tragic love story between Shinko,...
Kiju Yoshida’s Visual Aesthetics: Applying Anti...
Above all, master Japanese filmmaker Kiju Yoshida’s work is defined by an approach called “anti-melodrama.” When emotionally directed “weepers” were commercially successful in Shochiku’s late-1950s and 1960s golden age of...
Kiju Yoshida’s Visual Aesthetics: Applying Anti...
Above all, master Japanese filmmaker Kiju Yoshida’s work is defined by an approach called “anti-melodrama.” When emotionally directed “weepers” were commercially successful in Shochiku’s late-1950s and 1960s golden age of...
Shusuke Kaneko's Horror Direction: Applying Com...
In the early twenty-first century, Japanese horror created a worldwide boom. One central presence was the 'Ju-On' series by director Shusuke Kaneko. Known as an innovator in tokusatsu cinema, Kaneko...
Shusuke Kaneko's Horror Direction: Applying Com...
In the early twenty-first century, Japanese horror created a worldwide boom. One central presence was the 'Ju-On' series by director Shusuke Kaneko. Known as an innovator in tokusatsu cinema, Kaneko...
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...
Lessons in Visual Direction from Koichi Saito: ...
In 1966, Lee Man-hee’s “Late Autumn” was released in South Korea. The film follows a woman imprisoned as a political offender and a man on the run for murder who...
Lessons in Visual Direction from Koichi Saito: ...
In 1966, Lee Man-hee’s “Late Autumn” was released in South Korea. The film follows a woman imprisoned as a political offender and a man on the run for murder who...
An Encounter with Claude Lelouch: The Poetic Fu...
In 1967, Japanese director Kōichi Saitō made a striking debut. Critics who saw *Joe’s Whisper* unanimously called him “Japan’s Claude Lelouch.” What did they find in common between the French...
An Encounter with Claude Lelouch: The Poetic Fu...
In 1967, Japanese director Kōichi Saitō made a striking debut. Critics who saw *Joe’s Whisper* unanimously called him “Japan’s Claude Lelouch.” What did they find in common between the French...