HAPIVERI Magazine
A Story of Swords and Humanity: The Essence of ...
Released between 1961 and 1962, director Tomu Uchida’s five-part Miyamoto Musashi series remains highly regarded as a pinnacle of period cinema adapting Eiji Yoshikawa’s novel. The commanding presence of its...
A Story of Swords and Humanity: The Essence of ...
Released between 1961 and 1962, director Tomu Uchida’s five-part Miyamoto Musashi series remains highly regarded as a pinnacle of period cinema adapting Eiji Yoshikawa’s novel. The commanding presence of its...
Visual Poet Yoichi Takabayashi: Cinematic Aesth...
Cinema is not merely a storyteller; it is also poetry, and expression as a visual art is important. Director Yoichi Takabayashi, known as a “visual poet,” developed a distinctive aesthetic...
Visual Poet Yoichi Takabayashi: Cinematic Aesth...
Cinema is not merely a storyteller; it is also poetry, and expression as a visual art is important. Director Yoichi Takabayashi, known as a “visual poet,” developed a distinctive aesthetic...
Learning from Drive My Car: Using Loss and Dial...
Drive My Car is based on the story of the same name in Haruki Murakami's collection Men Without Women. Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi offers his own interpretation of the source's introspective...
Learning from Drive My Car: Using Loss and Dial...
Drive My Car is based on the story of the same name in Haruki Murakami's collection Men Without Women. Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi offers his own interpretation of the source's introspective...
Nagisa Oshima's Film Aesthetics: Exploring Expr...
Nagisa Oshima saw cinema not merely as entertainment but as a means of confronting society. Many of his films contain sharp criticism of social problems and power structures in postwar...
Nagisa Oshima's Film Aesthetics: Exploring Expr...
Nagisa Oshima saw cinema not merely as entertainment but as a means of confronting society. Many of his films contain sharp criticism of social problems and power structures in postwar...
Nagisa Oshima's Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence: ...
Released in 1983, Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence is one of Nagisa Oshima's signature films, distinguished by its international cast and original music. The unusual combination of David Bowie, Ryuichi Sakamoto,...
Nagisa Oshima's Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence: ...
Released in 1983, Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence is one of Nagisa Oshima's signature films, distinguished by its international cast and original music. The unusual combination of David Bowie, Ryuichi Sakamoto,...
Masato Harada's On-Set Perspective: Applying In...
Released in 2003 and directed by Edward Zwick, The Last Samurai is set in Meiji-era Japan and depicts the relationship between American officer Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise) and a group...
Masato Harada's On-Set Perspective: Applying In...
Released in 2003 and directed by Edward Zwick, The Last Samurai is set in Meiji-era Japan and depicts the relationship between American officer Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise) and a group...