HAPIVERI Magazine

Life's Transience in Isao Takahata's Films: Bringing Memory and Emotion into Video Production

Life's Transience in Isao Takahata's Films: Bri...

Animation is often thought to depict dreams and adventure, but Isao Takahata's films explore deep themes that attend to life's transience and human destiny.

Life's Transience in Isao Takahata's Films: Bri...

Animation is often thought to depict dreams and adventure, but Isao Takahata's films explore deep themes that attend to life's transience and human destiny.

Isao Takahata's Realism: Applying Animation's Possibilities to Video Production

Isao Takahata's Realism: Applying Animation's P...

Animation may bring spectacular action and fantastical worlds to mind. Yet a different quality runs throughout director Isao Takahata's work: realism.

Isao Takahata's Realism: Applying Animation's P...

Animation may bring spectacular action and fantastical worlds to mind. Yet a different quality runs throughout director Isao Takahata's work: realism.

The Structure of Hideyuki Hirayama’s Begging for Love: Applying Stories That Confront the Past to Video Production

The Structure of Hideyuki Hirayama’s Begging fo...

Released in 1998, Begging for Love is a moving human drama that moves between the past and present of a woman abused by her mother in childhood. Based on Harumi...

The Structure of Hideyuki Hirayama’s Begging fo...

Released in 1998, Begging for Love is a moving human drama that moves between the past and present of a woman abused by her mother in childhood. Based on Harumi...

Hideyuki Hirayama’s Direction in School Ghost Stories: Applying Fantasy and Fear to Video Production

Hideyuki Hirayama’s Direction in School Ghost S...

Released in 1995, School Ghost Stories is regarded as a landmark of Japanese horror films for children. It captivated many viewers by depicting supernatural incidents at an elementary school alongside...

Hideyuki Hirayama’s Direction in School Ghost S...

Released in 1995, School Ghost Stories is regarded as a landmark of Japanese horror films for children. It captivated many viewers by depicting supernatural incidents at an elementary school alongside...

Hideyuki Hirayama’s Film Direction: Applying Character Portrayal to Corporate Videos

Hideyuki Hirayama’s Film Direction: Applying Ch...

Hideyuki Hirayama was born in Fukuoka Prefecture in 1950. He is said to have developed a strong interest in cinema from childhood and visited local theaters constantly. Influenced deeply by...

Hideyuki Hirayama’s Film Direction: Applying Ch...

Hideyuki Hirayama was born in Fukuoka Prefecture in 1950. He is said to have developed a strong interest in cinema from childhood and visited local theaters constantly. Influenced deeply by...

Tatsumi Kumashiro’s Direction of Silence: Applying Silence and Tension to Video Production

Tatsumi Kumashiro’s Direction of Silence: Apply...

One of the most distinctive techniques in Tatsumi Kumashiro’s films is effective use of silence. Particularly evident in The Master of the Gensenkan (1968) and Atonement (1976), it successfully expresses...

Tatsumi Kumashiro’s Direction of Silence: Apply...

One of the most distinctive techniques in Tatsumi Kumashiro’s films is effective use of silence. Particularly evident in The Master of the Gensenkan (1968) and Atonement (1976), it successfully expresses...