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...
Cultural Influence, Passing the Legacy to the N...
The success of Ring and the enormous success of its Hollywood remake The Ring sparked a worldwide J-horror boom in the mid-2000s. Hideo Nakata came to be recognized as a...
Cultural Influence, Passing the Legacy to the N...
The success of Ring and the enormous success of its Hollywood remake The Ring sparked a worldwide J-horror boom in the mid-2000s. Hideo Nakata came to be recognized as a...
J-Horror Direction: Applying Cinematography and...
Born in Okayama Prefecture in 1961, Hideo Nakata is a film director with the unusual background of having graduated from the University of Tokyo. In 1985, he joined the Nikkatsu...
J-Horror Direction: Applying Cinematography and...
Born in Okayama Prefecture in 1961, Hideo Nakata is a film director with the unusual background of having graduated from the University of Tokyo. In 1985, he joined the Nikkatsu...
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...
The Darkness of Postwar Japan in Minoru Shibuya...
In 1952, as the sounds of reconstruction rang across postwar Japan, one film caused a major stir: director Minoru Shibuya’s “Modern People.” This social drama, which closely traced an elite...
The Darkness of Postwar Japan in Minoru Shibuya...
In 1952, as the sounds of reconstruction rang across postwar Japan, one film caused a major stir: director Minoru Shibuya’s “Modern People.” This social drama, which closely traced an elite...