HAPIVERI Magazine
A Visual Language Crossing Borders: Internation...
Kiju Yoshida occupies a unique place in Japanese film history. Alongside Nagisa Oshima and Masahiro Shinoda, he is essential to any discussion of the 1960s Japanese New Wave, and his...
A Visual Language Crossing Borders: Internation...
Kiju Yoshida occupies a unique place in Japanese film history. Alongside Nagisa Oshima and Masahiro Shinoda, he is essential to any discussion of the 1960s Japanese New Wave, and his...
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...
Yoshishige Yoshida's Visual Expression: Applyin...
Born on February 16, 1933, in Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture, Yoshishige Yoshida left a deep mark as an innovator in Japanese film history. Familiar with French cinema from childhood, he...
Yoshishige Yoshida's Visual Expression: Applyin...
Born on February 16, 1933, in Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture, Yoshishige Yoshida left a deep mark as an innovator in Japanese film history. Familiar with French cinema from childhood, he...
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...