HAPIVERI Magazine

Masahiro Shinoda and the Shochiku New Wave: Its Influence and Legacy

Masahiro Shinoda and the Shochiku New Wave: Its...

In the 1960s, a new movement called the Shochiku New Wave emerged in Japanese cinema. Directors such as Masahiro Shinoda, Nagisa Oshima, and Yoshishige Yoshida stood at its center. Challenging...

Masahiro Shinoda and the Shochiku New Wave: Its...

In the 1960s, a new movement called the Shochiku New Wave emerged in Japanese cinema. Directors such as Masahiro Shinoda, Nagisa Oshima, and Yoshishige Yoshida stood at its center. Challenging...

An Innovator in Visual Beauty: Masahiro Shinoda’s Visual Expression and Aesthetics

An Innovator in Visual Beauty: Masahiro Shinoda...

Masahiro Shinoda is one of the Japanese directors who sought to innovate in visual expression. A distinctive aesthetic runs through his work, continually exploring the possibilities of images themselves beyond...

An Innovator in Visual Beauty: Masahiro Shinoda...

Masahiro Shinoda is one of the Japanese directors who sought to innovate in visual expression. A distinctive aesthetic runs through his work, continually exploring the possibilities of images themselves beyond...

I Are You, You Am Me: Nobuhiko Obayashi's Vivid Memories of Youth

I Are You, You Am Me: Nobuhiko Obayashi's Vivid...

Released in 1982, I Are You, You Am Me (Tenkosei) is known as the first film in director Nobuhiko Obayashi's Onomichi Trilogy. Set in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, it depicts the...

I Are You, You Am Me: Nobuhiko Obayashi's Vivid...

Released in 1982, I Are You, You Am Me (Tenkosei) is known as the first film in director Nobuhiko Obayashi's Onomichi Trilogy. Set in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, it depicts the...

Exploration and Originality in the Moving Image: Yoshimitsu Morita's Film Philosophy

Exploration and Originality in the Moving Image...

Yoshimitsu Morita was an innovative filmmaker who continually explored new forms of visual expression. His directing style was grounded in free thinking unconstrained by preconceptions and in the power of...

Exploration and Originality in the Moving Image...

Yoshimitsu Morita was an innovative filmmaker who continually explored new forms of visual expression. His directing style was grounded in free thinking unconstrained by preconceptions and in the power of...

Shinya Tsukamoto's Film Techniques: Bringing Handheld Camera Work and Sound into Video Production

Shinya Tsukamoto's Film Techniques: Bringing Ha...

If you have seen a Shinya Tsukamoto film, its camera work is probably one of the first things that catches your eye. His films, including his landmark Tetsuo: The Iron...

Shinya Tsukamoto's Film Techniques: Bringing Ha...

If you have seen a Shinya Tsukamoto film, its camera work is probably one of the first things that catches your eye. His films, including his landmark Tetsuo: The Iron...

Shinya Tsukamoto's Notable Films, Part 2: Exploring Diverse Genres

Shinya Tsukamoto's Notable Films, Part 2: Explo...

The body and violence are inseparable themes in Shinya Tsukamoto's work. In Tokyo Fist (1995), he uses boxing to depict the explosion of repressed impulses in people living in the...

Shinya Tsukamoto's Notable Films, Part 2: Explo...

The body and violence are inseparable themes in Shinya Tsukamoto's work. In Tokyo Fist (1995), he uses boxing to depict the explosion of repressed impulses in people living in the...