HAPIVERI Magazine
Director Susumu Hani: The Challenge of Fiction ...
Susumu Hani is a pioneering filmmaker who brought an innovative perspective to Japanese cinema. Born in 1928, he began studying film while attending the University of Tokyo and joined Iwanami...
Director Susumu Hani: The Challenge of Fiction ...
Susumu Hani is a pioneering filmmaker who brought an innovative perspective to Japanese cinema. Born in 1928, he began studying film while attending the University of Tokyo and joined Iwanami...
Visual Poetry That Stirs the Senses: Go Shibata...
The most distinctive element of Go Shibata’s direction is his original use of light. In conventional films and dramas, lighting merely supports the story; in Shibata’s work, light itself becomes...
Visual Poetry That Stirs the Senses: Go Shibata...
The most distinctive element of Go Shibata’s direction is his original use of light. In conventional films and dramas, lighting merely supports the story; in Shibata’s work, light itself becomes...
Takashi Koizumi's The Gate of Youth Series: A R...
Any discussion of director Takashi Koizumi's career must address The Gate of Youth series, based on Hiroyuki Itsuki's novels of the same name.
Takashi Koizumi's The Gate of Youth Series: A R...
Any discussion of director Takashi Koizumi's career must address The Gate of Youth series, based on Hiroyuki Itsuki's novels of the same name.
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...
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Film Philosophy: Applying Q...
Ryusuke Hamaguchi specializes in portraying human emotions and relationships through dialogue. Conversations between his characters often continue at length, carefully revealing their inner lives. In Happy Hour and Drive My...
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Film Philosophy: Applying Q...
Ryusuke Hamaguchi specializes in portraying human emotions and relationships through dialogue. Conversations between his characters often continue at length, carefully revealing their inner lives. In Happy Hour and Drive My...
Learning from Ryusuke Hamaguchi's Evil Does Not...
Evil Does Not Exist is a film in which director Ryusuke Hamaguchi focuses on the relationship between nature and human society. Set in a small village, the story depicts how...
Learning from Ryusuke Hamaguchi's Evil Does Not...
Evil Does Not Exist is a film in which director Ryusuke Hamaguchi focuses on the relationship between nature and human society. Set in a small village, the story depicts how...