HAPIVERI Magazine
A Magician of Images: Director Kazuyuki Izutsu'...
Born in Ikuno Ward, Osaka, in 1952, Kazuyuki Izutsu grew up in the lively atmosphere of a postwar working-class neighborhood. A frequent cinema visitor from childhood who often encountered films...
A Magician of Images: Director Kazuyuki Izutsu'...
Born in Ikuno Ward, Osaka, in 1952, Kazuyuki Izutsu grew up in the lively atmosphere of a postwar working-class neighborhood. A frequent cinema visitor from childhood who often encountered films...
Kinuyo Tanaka: The Journey of Japan’s First Fem...
Born in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on February 29, 1909, Kinuyo Tanaka lost her father at age five and grew up in poverty with her mother. From age ten, her difficult...
Kinuyo Tanaka: The Journey of Japan’s First Fem...
Born in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on February 29, 1909, Kinuyo Tanaka lost her father at age five and grew up in poverty with her mother. From age ten, her difficult...
Takahisa Zeze, a Filmmaker of Darkness and Ligh...
Takahisa Zeze is known as one of Japanese cinema’s directors with the sharpest social perspectives. Born in 1961, he applies the viewpoint he developed in television documentary to filmmaking, earning...
Takahisa Zeze, a Filmmaker of Darkness and Ligh...
Takahisa Zeze is known as one of Japanese cinema’s directors with the sharpest social perspectives. Born in 1961, he applies the viewpoint he developed in television documentary to filmmaking, earning...
Takahisa Zeze's From Siberia with Love: Applyin...
Directed by Takahisa Zeze, From Siberia with Love is based on the true story of Japanese prisoners of war detained in Siberian labor camps, or lagers, after World War II....
Takahisa Zeze's From Siberia with Love: Applyin...
Directed by Takahisa Zeze, From Siberia with Love is based on the true story of Japanese prisoners of war detained in Siberian labor camps, or lagers, after World War II....
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...
Yoichi Takabayashi: The Honjin Murders and Sayu...
Cinema has different expressive methods for each genre. Yet Yoichi Takabayashi skillfully combined the seemingly opposing elements of mystery and eros to build a distinctive visual world.
Yoichi Takabayashi: The Honjin Murders and Sayu...
Cinema has different expressive methods for each genre. Yet Yoichi Takabayashi skillfully combined the seemingly opposing elements of mystery and eros to build a distinctive visual world.