HAPIVERI Magazine
Toru Takemitsu's Major Film Scores: From Woman ...
Toru Takemitsu's career as a film composer began in earnest with Ko Nakahira's Crazed Fruit in 1956. Based on Shintaro Ishihara's novel, this Nikkatsu youth film portrays the decadence of...
Toru Takemitsu's Major Film Scores: From Woman ...
Toru Takemitsu's career as a film composer began in earnest with Ko Nakahira's Crazed Fruit in 1956. Based on Shintaro Ishihara's novel, this Nikkatsu youth film portrays the decadence of...
New Forms of Historical Cinema: Human Drama in ...
Historical works in Japanese cinema have taken many forms, including period dramas and biographical films. Director Keishi Otomo, however, depicts history and human drama through new perspectives and visual expression,...
New Forms of Historical Cinema: Human Drama in ...
Historical works in Japanese cinema have taken many forms, including period dramas and biographical films. Director Keishi Otomo, however, depicts history and human drama through new perspectives and visual expression,...
Koji Wakamatsu and the Politics of Cinema: Can ...
Does film exist only for entertainment? Or does it have the power to change society?
Koji Wakamatsu and the Politics of Cinema: Can ...
Does film exist only for entertainment? Or does it have the power to change society?
Isao Takahata's Everyday Portrayals: Applying L...
Animation may bring grand adventures or fantasy to mind. Yet Isao Takahata's films contain no magic or supernatural powers. Instead, they carefully depict ordinary daily life, revealing its small joys...
Isao Takahata's Everyday Portrayals: Applying L...
Animation may bring grand adventures or fantasy to mind. Yet Isao Takahata's films contain no magic or supernatural powers. Instead, they carefully depict ordinary daily life, revealing its small joys...
Letters in Tatsumi Kumashiro's Love Letter: Con...
In Tatsumi Kumashiro's Love Letter, letters are portrayed as having symbolic meaning beyond simple communication. The letters exchanged in the film directly convey the characters' emotions and thoughts while also...
Letters in Tatsumi Kumashiro's Love Letter: Con...
In Tatsumi Kumashiro's Love Letter, letters are portrayed as having symbolic meaning beyond simple communication. The letters exchanged in the film directly convey the characters' emotions and thoughts while also...
Visual Expression in Kozaburo Yoshimura’s Sleep...
Produced by Shochiku in 1961, Sleeping Beauty is an ambitious adaptation of Yasunari Kawabata’s novel of the same name. Director Kozaburo Yoshimura successfully brought the original’s sensuality and philosophical depth...
Visual Expression in Kozaburo Yoshimura’s Sleep...
Produced by Shochiku in 1961, Sleeping Beauty is an ambitious adaptation of Yasunari Kawabata’s novel of the same name. Director Kozaburo Yoshimura successfully brought the original’s sensuality and philosophical depth...