HAPIVERI Magazine
Lessons from Director Shinji Higuchi’s Major Fi...
Shinji Higuchi became widely known in special effects through his work as special-effects director on the three Heisei-era *Gamera* films made from 1995 to 1999. Teaming with director Shusuke Kaneko...
Lessons from Director Shinji Higuchi’s Major Fi...
Shinji Higuchi became widely known in special effects through his work as special-effects director on the three Heisei-era *Gamera* films made from 1995 to 1999. Teaming with director Shusuke Kaneko...
Gakuryu Ishii's Visual Style: An Evolution from...
Gakuryu Ishii's visual style can be described as embracing the two poles of punk radicalism and visual-poetic experimentation. Consistently searching for new forms of expression from the film era to...
Gakuryu Ishii's Visual Style: An Evolution from...
Gakuryu Ishii's visual style can be described as embracing the two poles of punk radicalism and visual-poetic experimentation. Consistently searching for new forms of expression from the film era to...
Learning Video Direction from Shusuke Kaneko: A...
A Driving Force of the J-Horror Boom: The Ju-On Series Opened New Forms of Fear Explore the path that established new expressions of fear in horror and created the cultural...
Learning Video Direction from Shusuke Kaneko: A...
A Driving Force of the J-Horror Boom: The Ju-On Series Opened New Forms of Fear Explore the path that established new expressions of fear in horror and created the cultural...
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...
Junya Sato's Cinematic World: Applying Blockbus...
Director Junya Sato (1932–2019), known as “Mr. Blockbuster,” was sometimes regarded as a superficial entertainer because of his spectacular large-scale films.
Junya Sato's Cinematic World: Applying Blockbus...
Director Junya Sato (1932–2019), known as “Mr. Blockbuster,” was sometimes regarded as a superficial entertainer because of his spectacular large-scale films.
Director Susumu Hani: The Breadth of His Creati...
Susumu Hani is an exceptionally distinctive filmmaker in Japanese cinema, moving freely between documentary, fiction, educational films, and children’s films. Born in 1928, he joined Iwanami Productions and emerged as...
Director Susumu Hani: The Breadth of His Creati...
Susumu Hani is an exceptionally distinctive filmmaker in Japanese cinema, moving freely between documentary, fiction, educational films, and children’s films. Born in 1928, he joined Iwanami Productions and emerged as...